Rester

surname · Latin script

Meaning: One who rests

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Rester is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 295K(measured from records)
  • LRLiberia≈1 in 48K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 72K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,400 people, est.

Sources
199 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 48K (inferred from the name graph)

Liberia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

One who rests.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rester 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 Rester is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈6,400 est.≈1 in 219K—Rester1
US United States—1,1271 in 295K1.1KRester199
DE Germany—≈480 est.≈1 in 167K—Rester50
AT Austria—≈110 est.≈1 in 81K—Rester15
LR Liberia#826≈110 est.≈1 in 48K—Rester1
IE Ireland—≈72 est.≈1 in 72K—Rester1

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. 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)

Rester is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States

    Also written Réstér

37 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rester is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, indefinite plural of rest

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In lld, to remain, stay

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In hrx, plural of Rest

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, to stay

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Breton, personne qui accumule ; rapporteur (de)

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Rester,
InformalHi Rester,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Rester
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.1K#22,733
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.1K#22,240
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201K#24,949
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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 Rester mean, and where does it come from?
One who rests. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Rester?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɛstɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Rester have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.4 thousand people named Rester in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rester.
How common is the name Rester?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,127 people named Rester in 2010, about 1 in 295 thousand residents.
How common is Rester compared with other names?
In Liberia, Rester is the 826th most common surname of 10,200 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, “Rester” — the 826th most common surname in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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