Rotau Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Rotau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
Rotau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rotau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rotau (Russian: Ротау) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rotau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rotau is the 2,293,424th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Rotau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Rotau live; 45 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 2,596,950. In Germany Rotau is mostly concentrated in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 32 percent are found, Bavaria, where 23 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 19 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 22 percent are found and Russia, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rotau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rotau in the Russian language | ||
| Ротау | rotau | - |
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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 Rotau
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