Rätze Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rätze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rätze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2411:334,04832,981
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Ratze (29) & Ratzé (30) are calculated separately.

Rätze Last Name Facts

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

Rätze is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Ratze or Ratzé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rätze? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,035,555th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rätze reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 334,048. In Germany it is most numerous in: Saxony, where 73 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live and Hamburg, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ratze9329/
Rätzer91365/
Rätz891,343/
Ratzé8730/
Ritze80387/
Retze802/
Räz75423/
Ritzer733,128/
Retzer733,122/
Reitze731,192/
Rietze73631/
Retzep73255/
Ritzie73215/
Reetze7350/
Raetze7324/
Raitze7321/
Rotzie7312/
Ratzhe739/
Ritzes739/
Ritzei732/
Retzes732/
Ritzee731/
Rathze731/
Ritzey731/
Ratzie731/
Retzet731/
Ritzeh731/
Räthje731/
Rittze731/
Ritzet730/
Reutze730/
Retzie730/
Ritz6721,377/
Roze679,431/
Raze674,492/
Retz672,588/
Reze671,249/
Rytz671,020/
Reitzer67952/
Rize67439/
Rötz67378/
Reitzes67305/
Rätsepp67117/
Rätzsch6770/
Redtzer6755/
Ryze6724/
Raitzer6715/
Räts678/
Retzger675/
Raitzes674/
Rzec671/
Röze671/
Rytszer671/
Rēze671/
Räcz671/
Ritzges671/
Reitzie671/
Reitzee671/
Ritzest671/
Ritzhie671/
Reitzeh670/
Ritzhey670/
Reitzey670/

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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 Rätze
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