Rothberg Surname

173,647th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greenland

Rothberg Surname Definition:

(from a place name) A town in Poland called in Yiddish Roytbarg, “red mountain,” has given us the name Rothberg.

Rothberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8061:200,69719,729
Israel2321:36,8865,098
Denmark801:70,5597,018
Finland771:71,3867,933
Germany761:1,059,28271,604
Australia531:509,35338,491
Canada391:944,75971,777
England291:1,921,31276,208
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Estonia151:88,12015,474
France131:5,109,440259,941
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Greenland111:5,125525
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Rothberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) A town in Poland called in Yiddish Roytbarg, “red mountain,” has given us the name Rothberg.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Rothberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rothberg is most common in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rothberg.

How Common Is The Last Name Rothberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 173,647th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,945,653 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Rothberg reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Rothberg is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,806 people, or 1 in 200,697. In The United States Rothberg is most common in: New York, where 25 percent live, Florida, where 11 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 9 percent live and Denmark, where 3 percent live.

Rothberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rothberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rothberg surname expanded 10,624 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rothberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rothberg last name are 41.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.61% registered with the party.

The amount Rothberg earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 36.32% more than the national average, earning $58,822 USD per year and in Canada they earn 57.46% more than the national average, earning $78,229 CAD per year.

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