Rotherham Surname

203,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,040 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Rotherham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Rotherham,' a parish in the West Riding of of Yorkshire.

Robertus de Roderham, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1591-2. Edmund Rotheram, Bedfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Rotherham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9761:57,0886,883
United States4501:805,46462,023
Australia2811:96,07010,909
New Zealand1711:26,4814,643
Canada401:921,14070,350
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Wales151:206,30213,003
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5971:40,8305,167
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Rotherham (17) may also be a first name.

Rotherham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Rotherham,' a parish in the West Riding of of Yorkshire.

Robertus de Roderham, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1591-2. Edmund Rotheram, Bedfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1709. Buried — Sara, d. William Rotheram: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1711. — Richard, s. William Rodderam: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Rotherham (Yorks), the Domesday Rodreha’ = the Land by the R. Rother [Old English ham(m, a piece of land, enclosure: the river-name may be from the early form of Welsh rhuthr, a rushing—rhuthro, to rush]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A town in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

User-submitted Reference

The Rotherham surname can be traced back to the town of Rotherham in England.

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Rotherham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rotherham is found most frequently in England. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rotherham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 203,896th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,572,326 people. Rotherham is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Rotherham reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name is most widespread in England, where it is held by 976 people, or 1 in 57,088. In England Rotherham is most frequent in: Merseyside, where 16 percent live, Cheshire, where 14 percent live and Derbyshire, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account England it occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.

Rotherham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rotherham has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Rotherham last name increased 163 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,667 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rotherham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rotherham surname are 32.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.86% registered with the political party.

The amount Rotherham earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 47.64% more than the national average, earning R 350,844 per year; in United States they earn 7.73% more than the national average, earning $46,485 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.46% more than the national average, earning $58,357 CAD per year.

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Rotherham Reference & Research

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