Rothenburg Surname

348,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,047 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rothenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rothenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5491:146,64017,654
United States2111:1,717,815113,709
Brazil1101:1,946,13062,141
England631:884,41445,970
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Israel121:713,13647,700
France91:7,380,302306,885
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Rothenburg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rothenburg is found most in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rothenburg? popularity and diffusion

It is the 348,836th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,960,407 people. Rothenburg occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Rothenburg live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Rothenburg is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 146,640. In Germany Rothenburg is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 35 percent reside, Berlin, where 19 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Germany Rothenburg occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Brazil, where 11 percent reside.

Rothenburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rothenburg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rothenburg surname grew 1,111 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 203 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rothenburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rothenburg last name are 32.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.95% being registered with the party.

The amount Rothenburg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 102% more than the national average, earning R 480,024 per year; in United States they earn 30.62% more than the national average, earning $56,361 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0% less than the national average, earning $49,682 CAD per year.

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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 Rothenburg
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