How common is the surname Rotter?

2,121 people in the United States had the surname Rotter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,566 Americans. It ranked 14,160th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rotter?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rotter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rotter?

Julian B. Rotter, American psychologist (1916–2014), followed by Ariel Rotter.

Where is the surname Rotter most common?

Wikidata records people named Rotter in the United States, Argentina and Austria.

Is the surname Rotter getting more or less common?

More common. 1,971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,121 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Rotter

A German surname, carried by 2,121 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). Rotter is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German surname, variant of Rother. * Also as a German surname, from Middle High German rotte (“gang, team”) (see modern rotten (“to gang up”)). * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Germanized from Rotar, from dialectal rote (“clearing in the uplands”), itself from Old High German rût; see modern roden (“to clear land”). * As an English surname, variant of Rutter.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,121 people named Rotter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,566 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,971.

#14,160

rank among US surnames

2,121

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,033)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,152	Renick	2,123	145,429
#14,155	Lappin	2,122	145,497
#14,160	Philippe	2,121	145,566
#14,168	Lizardo	2,120	145,635

Who is named Rotter

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

93% of people named Rotter identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rotters

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julian B. Rotter
American psychologist (1916–2014)
Ariel Rotter
Argentine film director, born 1971
Fritz Rotter
Austrian composer and author (1900–1984)

Notable Rotters come mostly from the United States (1), Argentina (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rotter

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rotter come from?: * As a German surname, variant of Rother. * Also as a German surname, from Middle High German rotte (“gang, team”) (see modern rotten (“to gang up”)). * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Germanized from Rotar, from dialectal rote (“clearing in the uplands”), itself from Old High German rût;…
How common is the surname Rotter?: 2,121 people in the United States had the surname Rotter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,566 Americans. It ranked 14,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rotter?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rotter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rotter?: Julian B. Rotter, American psychologist (1916–2014), followed by Ariel Rotter.
Where is the surname Rotter most common?: Wikidata records people named Rotter in the United States, Argentina and Austria.
Is the surname Rotter getting more or less common?: More common. 1,971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,121 in 2010, up 7.6%.