Rätzer Surname
Approximately 365 people bear this surname
Rätzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 232 | 1:347,006 | 33,780 |
| Switzerland | 119 | 1:69,016 | 8,291 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Ratzer (736) are calculated separately.
Rätzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rätzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rätzer is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Ratzer. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rätzer? popularity and diffusion
Rätzer is the 777,192nd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 19,965,879 people. The surname Rätzer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rätzer reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Rätzer is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 232 people, or 1 in 347,006. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 37 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live and Bavaria, where 14 percent live. Aside from Germany it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 33 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Rätzer
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