Rotter Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Brecknockshire 5
Devon 2
Essex 7
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Warwickshire 3
Yorkshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Rotter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rotter family

Profession Census Frequency
Collier 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Milliner 1
Miner 1
Journeyman Baker 1
Merchant 1
Farmer 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rotter

Name Census Frequency
William Rotter 31
Mary Rotter 27
John Rotter 25
Charles Rotter 16
Elizabeth Rotter 15
James Rotter 15
Sarah Rotter 15
Thomas Rotter 15
Henry Rotter 14
Joseph Rotter 14
Clara Rotter 12
Edward Rotter 10
George Rotter 10
Jane Rotter 9
Robert Rotter 9
Eliza Rotter 8
Frederick Rotter 7
Florence Rotter 6
Alice Rotter 5
Margaret Rotter 5
Ann Rotter 4
Charlotte Rotter 4
Dorothy Rotter 4
Martha Rotter 4
Walter Rotter 4

Rotter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rutter 83% 30,551
2 Ritter 83% 1,194
3 Retter 83% 498
4 Rotter 100% 471
5 Ratter 83% 349

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The surname Rotter is the 4th most popular variant of Rutter.

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