Rötsch Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rötsch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rötsch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1761:457,41740,380
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Rotsch (411) are calculated separately.

Rötsch Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rötsch is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Rotsch. Click here for further possible spellings of Rötsch.

How Common Is The Last Name Rötsch? popularity and diffusion

Rötsch is the 1,286,243rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. Rötsch occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rötsch reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 457,417. In Germany it is most numerous in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 28 percent reside, Saxony, where 18 percent reside and Bavaria, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rotsch94411/
Rötzsch9298/
Ratsch831,038/
Retsch83680/
Rätsch83364/
Rötche8334/
Röth801,434/
Raetsch77184/
Ratzsch77155/
Rotzsch77100/
Roetsch7797/
Rätzsch7770/
Retzsch7749/
Hratsch777/
Reutsch775/
Reetsch771/
Röthe7396/
Retsh731/
Röhts731/
Röche731/
Rotsh730/
Ratsh730/
Raetzsch7160/
Raatzsch715/
Roetzsch711/
Radsch6733/
Rädsch6724/
Röt671/
Reutsh670/

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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 Rötsch
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