Röthlisberger

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʁøtlɪsbɛɐɡɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Röthlisberger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Röthlisberger.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 114K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 615K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Röthlisberger itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈15,000 named Roethlisberger, est.

Sources
133 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RoethlisbergerLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Roethlisberger in US United States, CN China, PK Pakistan and 1 more and Rothlisberger in AR Argentina.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from German Röthlisberger.

Sources 1

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Röthlisberger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Röthlisberger is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈15,000 est.≈1 in 91K—Roethlisberger1
CH Switzerland#4074,2211 in 2K4.2KRöthlisberger54
PK Pakistan—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 209K—Roethlisberger1
US United States—5411 in 615K553Roethlisberger133
AR Argentina—4001 in 114K400Rothlisberger32
IE Ireland—≈13 est.≈1 in 400K—Roethlisberger2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Röthlisberger is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rothlisberger

  • English surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland

    Also written Rothlisberger

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Rothlisberger

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Switzerland, United States

    Also written Rothlisberger

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Rothlisberger

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Ernst Röthlisberger, b. 1881Hans Röthlisberger, b. 1923Suly Röthlisberger, b. 1949Kurt Röthlisberger, b. 1951Jürg Röthlisberger, b. 1955Ursula Röthlisberger, b. 1964Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe, b. 1972Bianca Röthlisberger, b. 1979Carlo Röthlisberger, b. 1994Samuel Röthlisberger, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Röthlisberger, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Röthlisberger
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244.2K#139

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Röthlisberger mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from German Röthlisberger. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Röthlisberger?
A machine transcription gives /ʁøtlɪsbɛɐɡɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Röthlisberger have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Roethlisberger in China, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Röthlisberger most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Röthlisberger is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 2.0 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Röthlisberger?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 4,221 people named Röthlisberger in 2024, about 1 in 2.0 thousand residents.
How common is Röthlisberger compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Röthlisberger is the 407th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Röthlisberger” — the 407th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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