Nother

surname · Latin script

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

Nother is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Neither.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 530K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 646K
  • CACanada≈1 in 672K

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 Nother 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈150 people, est.

Sources
69 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 530K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Noether in US United States, RU Russia and Nöther in DE Germany.

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)

Neither.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nother 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 Nother is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈150 est.≈1 in 530K—Nöther34
GB United Kingdom≈100 est.≈1 in 646K206Nother61
US United States≈67 est.≈1 in 5MlistedNoether69
CA Canada≈56 est.≈1 in 672K—Nother33
RU Russia≈37 est.≈1 in 3.8M—Noether1
ES Spain71 in 7.1M7—2
IE Ireland≈4 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Nother9
NZ New Zealand≈3 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Nother6

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: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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)

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

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Nothér, Nöthër, Nöther

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Nöther

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Nöthër

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Nöther

11 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Nother
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)2002206#20,895
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—7#143,513

Reference works 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

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 Nother mean, and where does it come from?
Neither. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Nother have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 151 people named Nother in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nöther.
How common is the name Nother?
In Spain, the national register counted 7 people named Nother, about 1 in 7.1 million residents.

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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, “Nother”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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