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
Rochter is more frequently found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Röchter. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rochter? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Rochter live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 481,880. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Hardap Region, where 80 percent are found and ǁKaras Region, where 20 percent are found. Besides Namibia it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found.
Rochter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Rochter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 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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