Rötz Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rötz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rötz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3771:213,54224,140
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Rotz (2,166) are calculated separately.

Rötz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rötz is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Rotz. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rötz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rötz is the 757,040th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rötz reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Rötz is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 377 people, or 1 in 213,542. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 62 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 27 percent live and Bavaria, where 3 percent live. Barring Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rotz922,166/
Röhtz894/
Röt861/
Ratz756,090/
Retz752,588/
Röth751,434/
Rätz751,343/
Rött7524/
Rötzsch7398/
Reetz677,287/
Raatz673,980/
Raetz671,519/
Roetz67770/
Rätze67243/
Rahtz67176/
Reutz67141/
Röthe6796/
Rötte6752/
Rattz6746/
Hretz6722/
Raátz6713/
Rhetz6711/
Radtz679/
Rettz678/
Rottz674/
Rhatz672/
Ratsz672/
Rretz671/
Rohtz671/
Röhts671/
Rodtz671/
Rehtz671/
Rratz670/
Hrotz670/

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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 Rötz
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