Róth

surname · Latin script

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

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

Róth is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Tulajdonságra utaló, német családnév. Eredete: A középfelnémet röt ’piros, vörös’ melléknévként is bekerült a magyarba (rőt), de családnévként mindenképp német eredetű.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 735
  • FIFinland1 in 3.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

58,278 people, 2010

Sources
84 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 735 (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Roth in US United States, CH Switzerland, SE Sweden and 1 more.

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)

Típusa: Tulajdonságra utaló, német családnév. Eredete: A középfelnémet röt ’piros, vörös’ melléknévként is bekerült a magyarba (rőt), de családnévként mindenképp német eredetű. Kezdetben elsősorban külső tulajdonság (vörös haj, arc, bőr, egyesek szerint vörös címerpajzs) alapján nemzetségnévvé vált, majd családnévvé lett. A középalnémetben (hollandban) a röt jelentése ’irtás’ is volt, s néhány onnan való családnév lakóhelyre utalhat. Elterjedtsége: A Dunán túl sokkal gyakoribb, de a Rőt alak a Tiszántúl északi részén is előfordul.

Sources 1

  • Családnevek enciklopédiája

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Róth 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 Róth is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—58,2781 in 5.7K58KRoth84
CH Switzerland—11,4301 in 73511KRoth7
BR Brazil—3,0501 in 69K3K——
AR Argentina—2,7641 in 16K2.8K—1
SE Sweden—2,2641 in 4.5K2.3KRoth5
FI Finland—1,6861 in 3.3K1.7K—2
NO Norway—6561 in 8.3K656——
HU Hungary#327≈300 est.≈1 in 33K—Roth53

58,278 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)

Róth is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish surname39 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Croatia, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Croatian, Czech

    Also written Roth, Rott, Röth, Рот, Rőth

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Roṭh, Roth, Röth, Rőth

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, Switzerland

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Roth, Röth

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Mexico, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Italian

    Also written Roth, Röth, Rőth

5 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)

17001750180018501900Janka Róth de Királyfalva, b. 1741Márton Róth, b. 1841Samu Róth, b. 1851Otto Roth, b. 1884Miklós Tállyai Róth, b. 1884

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)

FormalTisztelt Róth!Dear Róth, (English)
InformalTisztelt Róth!Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

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

How do you pronounce Róth?
A machine transcription gives /roth/ (IPA) for Hungarian.
What does the name Róth mean?
Recorded meaning: Típusa: Tulajdonságra utaló, német családnév. Eredete: A középfelnémet röt ’piros, vörös’ melléknévként is bekerült a magyarba (rőt), de családnévként mindenképp német eredetű.
In which country does Róth have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 58 thousand people named Róth, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled roth.
Where is Róth most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Róth is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 735 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Róth?
In the United States, the national register counted 58,278 people named Róth in 2010, about 1 in 5.7 thousand residents.
How common is Róth compared with other names?
In Hungary, Róth is the 327th most common surname of 88,284 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, “Róth” — the 327th most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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