Rotter Surname
Approximately 14,637 people bear this surname
Rotter Surname Definition:
ROTER: From the occupation, a performer on the rote. The rote, rota, or rotta was a musical instrument of the guitar type, LL.
Rotter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,730 | 1:11,962 | 1,533 |
| United States | 2,833 | 1:127,942 | 13,536 |
| Austria | 1,841 | 1:4,625 | 510 |
| Israel | 545 | 1:15,702 | 2,354 |
| Poland | 485 | 1:78,369 | 12,207 |
| Czechia | 409 | 1:25,999 | 4,092 |
| Brazil | 285 | 1:751,138 | 27,388 |
| Hungary | 248 | 1:39,582 | 4,252 |
| France | 138 | 1:481,324 | 67,982 |
| Canada | 134 | 1:274,967 | 25,811 |
| Italy | 131 | 1:466,845 | 48,868 |
| India | 97 | 1:7,907,891 | 167,329 |
| Switzerland | 77 | 1:106,661 | 11,226 |
| Chile | 71 | 1:248,119 | 7,493 |
| England | 70 | 1:795,972 | 43,050 |
| Sweden | 61 | 1:161,422 | 11,223 |
| Mexico | 61 | 1:2,034,856 | 18,943 |
| Argentina | 58 | 1:736,955 | 49,943 |
| Slovakia | 55 | 1:97,026 | 18,584 |
| Russia | 54 | 1:2,668,945 | 150,916 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Ecuador | 28 | 1:568,066 | 11,415 |
| Croatia | 24 | 1:176,192 | 22,291 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Slovenia | 22 | 1:113,076 | 12,203 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1:3,034,846 | 176,305 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Romania | 10 | 1:2,007,787 | 54,092 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 90 | 1:557,985 | 38,227 |
The alternate forms: Rötter (205) are calculated separately.
Rotter (38) may also be a first name.
Rotter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
ROTER: From the occupation, a performer on the rote. The rote, rota, or rotta was a musical instrument of the guitar type, LL.
(English, German) One who played a rote, a musical instrument of the violin class; one with red hair or ruddy complexion; one who came from Roth (red), the name of several places in Germany.
From the Dutch, Rotte; from the French, Routier; a personal name.
Rotter Demographics
Average Rotter Salary in
United States
$51,880 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rotter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rotter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rotter (Russian: Роттер) is found most in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms: Rötter. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rotter? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 36,059th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 497,885 people. Rotter occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Rotter are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Rotter is also the 1,662,754th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 38 people.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 6,730 people, or 1 in 11,962. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 34 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 59 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Austria, where 13 percent are found.
Rotter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rotter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 3,148 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 171 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rotter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rotter surname are 40.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.33% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rotter earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 69.79% more than the national average, earning 587,597 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 43.96% less than the national average, earning R 133,176 per year; in United States they earn 20.23% more than the national average, earning $51,880 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.78% more than the national average, earning $55,040 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rotter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rotter in the Russian language | ||
| Роттер | rotter | - |
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