Rntgen Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Sweden

Rntgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rntgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Rntgen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rntgen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rntgen is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rntgen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Rntgen is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Rntgen are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Aside from South Africa Rntgen occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 25 percent live and The Netherlands, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Röntgen92451/
Rngen911/
Roentgen86213/
Ringen831,499/
Rengen83637/
Röngen8310/
Ryngen833/
Rngent830/
Roenttgen800/
Rentsen771,858/
Rindgen7757/
Rentien7740/
Rendgen7738/
Rinthen779/
Ringeng778/
Rengeng773/
Røengen773/
Rengent772/
Ringend771/
Rentean771/
Rngin734/
Ringienė7163/
Rentchen7117/
Rintchen7112/
Rintieng7110/
Rentienė711/
Reentsen711/
Rentesen711/
Ringin67674/
Rønsen67159/
Rincen6735/
Rinjen6724/
Ringem6722/
Rinsen6715/
Rönsen6710/
Rentechen6710/
Rinzen678/
Ryngin677/
Rnchen677/
Rimgen675/
Rndhgn675/
Rinthieng674/
Ėringienė674/
Hrnsen671/
Remgen671/
Rengem671/
Rentichen671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rntgen
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