The Rath surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,747 people carried this name — #5,178 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,700 people counted. That is up 10% from 6,135 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
230 people named Rath live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 143 people named Rath live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 112 people named Rath.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Gard.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
55 people named Rath is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Rath in American newspapers,
1906–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 531,923 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rath,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gisela Agnes of Rath 1669–1740 · politician -
Kaspar von Rath d. 1640 · printer
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Julie Rath d. 1938
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Veronika Rath d. 1938
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Elisabeth Rath d. 1765
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Hieronymus Arnold Rath 1550–1625 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rath.
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