# Rother (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rother/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,851 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,748 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 166,799 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.3% (1,693 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

# For the river in South Yorkshire: Probably 'the chief river', from Middle English Roder, from Proto-Brythonic *ro + Old Welsh *duβr. # For the river in West Sussex: Back-formation from Rotherbridge. # For the river in East Sussex: Back-formation from Rotherfield. Replaced Middle English Liminel, which is cognate with River Limden.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rother in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Rather, Reuther, Routhier, Roeder, Rotter, Roder, Riter, Ritter, Reeder, Rider, Rader, Ryder.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.