rEtEr

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • SSSouth Sudan≈1 in 90K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CNChina≈1 in 528K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 1.3M

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)

≈2,600 people, est.

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 90K (inferred from the name graph)

South Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 2

  • A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

rEtEr 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 rEtEr is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈2,600 est.≈1 in 528K—rEtEr2
SS South Sudan≈120 est.≈1 in 90K—rEtEr1
US United States1061 in 3.1M106rEtEr98
NG Nigeria≈61 est.≈1 in 3.5M—rEtEr9
FR France≈52 est.≈1 in 1.3M9—1
GB United Kingdom≈42 est.≈1 in 1.6M—rEtEr9
CZ Czechia51 in 2.1M5——

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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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)

rEtEr is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Réter

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Reṭer

  • a separate surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Réter

24 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)

rEtEr is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Portuguese, to retain

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

  • In Galician, to retain, hold, keep

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

  • In Portuguese, to retain, hold

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

  • In Breton, est, orient

    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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting rEtEr
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010106#153,769
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020105#152,989
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194115—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19919—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19619—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19318—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19717—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19816—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19016—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—5#117,180
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18913—

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

In which country does rEtEr have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named rEtEr in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rEtEr.
How common is the name rEtEr?
In the United States, the national register counted 106 people named rEtEr in 2010, about 1 in 3.1 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, “rEtEr”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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