Röth
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʁøt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Röth is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 55th most common surname. Recorded meaning: The surname reflects several origins; see Roth.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 735(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.4K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 868as Ross
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 Röth 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.
- United States (measured from records)
- #237 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 608 (measured from records)
- 1 in 735 (inferred from the name graph)
229,368 named Ross, 2010
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ross in US United States, CA Canada, NZ New Zealand, Luke in GB United Kingdom, AU Australia, NG Nigeria, Luca in IT Italy, CH Switzerland and Roth 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)
The surname reflects several origins; see Roth.
Sources 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Röth 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #55 | 229,368as Ross | 1 in 1.4K | 267K | Ross | 608 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈74,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Luke | 75 |
| DE Germany | #30 | ≈59,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | listed | Roth | 235 |
| GB United Kingdom | #67 | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 2.8K | Luke | 360 |
| IT Italy | #69 | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 5 | Luca | 305 |
| CA Canada | #34 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 139 | Ross | 295 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 30,159as Lucas | 1 in 561 | 30K | Luque | 36 |
| AU Australia | #64 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 353 | Luke | 348 |
| CH Switzerland | #20 | 11,430 | 1 in 735 | 11K | Luca | 139 |
| NZ New Zealand | #49 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 868 | 75 | Ross | 165 |
229,368 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; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; INEC — civil registry names; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Philipp Jakob Röthb. 1779DEGerman cello player, composer and conductor
- Eduard Maximilian Röthb. 1807DEGerman philosopher (1807-1858)
- Philipp Röthb. 1841DEGerman painter (1841-1921)
- Friedrich Ritter von Röthb. 1893DEGerman flying ace (1893-1918)
- Erich Röthb. 1895DEGerman publisher (1895-1971)
- Diether Röthb. 1923DEGerman publisher and folklorist (b. 1923)
- Frank Röthb. 1959DEGerman actor, voice actor and screenwriter
- Sascha Röthb. 1986DEresearcher
- Juliane Röthb. 1987DEGerman association football player
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 11 | #56,728 |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Röth mean, and where does it come from?
- The surname reflects several origins; see Roth. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- How do you pronounce Röth?
- A machine transcription gives /ʁøt/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Röth have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 229 thousand people named Ross, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Röth most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Röth 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 Röth?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 11,430 people named Röth in 2024, about 1 in 735 residents.
- How common is Röth compared with other names?
- In the United States, Röth is the 55th most common surname of 6,282,806 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, “Röth” — the 55th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.