How common is the surname Rother?

1,851 people in the United States had the surname Rother in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,799 Americans. It ranked 15,748th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rother?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rother identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rother getting more or less common?

More common. 1,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,851 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Rother

A surname, carried by 1,851 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rother is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

# 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,851 people named Rother in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,799 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,693.

#15,748

rank among US surnames

1,851

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,796)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,743	Blossom	1,852	166,709
#15,748	Grondin	1,851	166,799

Who is named Rother

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Rother identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rother

Rother has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

Questions

Where does the surname Rother come from?: # 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,…
How common is the surname Rother?: 1,851 people in the United States had the surname Rother in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,799 Americans. It ranked 15,748th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rother?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rother identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rother getting more or less common?: More common. 1,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,851 in 2010, up 9.3%.