The Rotter surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,971 people carried this name — #14,033 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
290 people named Rotter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 354 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 87 people named Rotter.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Rotter live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rotter.
- Rothlisberger 502 · U.S. census
- Rothschild 2,970 · U.S. census
- Rotolo 1,273 · U.S. census
- Roton 348 · U.S. census
- Rotondo 2,481 · U.S. census
- Rott 1,335 · U.S. census
- Rottier 394 · U.S. census
- Rouch 872 · U.S. census
- Rouchon 172 · U.S. census
- Roueche 256 · U.S. census
- Rouen 145 · U.S. census
- Rouff 248 · U.S. census
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