Rochter Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Rochter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Röchter (66) are calculated separately.
Rochter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rochter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rochter occurs most in Namibia. It can appear as a variant: Röchter. For other possible spellings of Rochter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rochter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rochter is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Rochter occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Rochter live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Rochter is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 481,880. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Hardap Region, where 80 percent live and ǁKaras Region, where 20 percent live. Barring Namibia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live.
Rochter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Rochter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rochter surname contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Rochter
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