Is reddish hair texture common in Germany?

[Benyzero]

including reddish blonde, or simply light blonde hair is more common? (not counting the darker textures of blonde like light brown)
I think it's more common trait in the British isles and scandinavia, but by this understanding , northern germany and scandinavia could have equal proportion of that.
Don't mind me Im a little bored today

[TheMaestro]

Beny turned to Berkan for a bit, anyways yeah, imo reddish hair is most common in Ireland, UK, Scandinavia and some parts of Russia. German have mostly light brown or dark blonde hair, but are very diverse even in this.

[GabrielZ]

common in the coast, but not as typical as the british isles, Scandinavian countries and Russia. You can even find some red haired in northern Portugal.

[Not a Cop]

common in the coast, but not as typical as the british isles, Scandinavian countries and Russia. You can even find some red haired in northern Portugal.

Red hair is very uncommon in Russia.

[Benyzero]

It's either not so common here in hungary, there are some reddish brown but overall red hair is rare minority.

[GabrielZ]

Red hair is very uncommon in Russia.

It's something more localized in north russia, isn't it?

[Benyzero]

sure is uncommon compared to scotland for example but not that rare, I've seen russians with reddish hair.

[Benyzero]

Beny turned to Berkan for a bit, anyways yeah, imo reddish hair is most common in Ireland, UK, Scandinavia and some parts of Russia. German have mostly light brown or dark blonde hair, but are very diverse even in this.

There is a little inner berkan in all of us on this site lol

[Ripuarian]

Rufous hair is relatively frequent in Western Germany, especially along the Rhine. Beddoe associated it with the Ripuarian Franks and found that it could reach significant frequencies (approaching 4%).
However he also noticed that the bright red hair common in parts of the British Isles is less frequent and that rufosity usually manifests as a reddish blond among Germans.

Rufosity in Germany is closely correlated with the Fälish type, which tends towards reddish-blond. It is the most Rufous type found in Germany.

Only .25-.3% of schoolchildren in the German Empire were found to have brandroth or 'flaming-red' hair by Virchow. However, the frequency was found to be much higher in some western areas where the Fälish type is most significant. (Elass-Lothringen was the maximum at ~1.3%).

Virchow himself was uncertain about the distribution of brandroth in his survey and questioned his results. Beddoe suspects that a significant portion of rufous Germans were counted as blonds.

As brandroth was highest in Alsace-Lorraine which is more brunet than the North German districts and German Jews who were were darker than every district were found to be above average in brandroth frequency (.4-.5% aggregate), the correlation with rufosity and light hair/eyes was not particularly strong.

North Germans (North Sea Coast, Lower Elbe, Baltic coast ect.) may be the blondest Germans, but they are not as rufous as the West Germans.

The most rufous types are the Cro-Magnoid Brünn, Trønder, and Dalo-Fälid. The Borreby type seems to be slightly more ash-blond and less rufous than those three types.

To answer the question about how Germany compares to the British Isles and Scandinavia, Western Germany actually overlaps with parts of England in rufosity as the Fälid can compete with the Anglo-Saxon type in this regard. Western German Fälids can as well compete with much of Scandinavia. Its just that that in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and to some degree Southwest Norway and Iceland (due to Celtic thralls) red hair tends to be of a deeper and brighter shade, while Fälid/Westphalian red tends to verge on blond.

[Benyzero]

Rufous hair is relatively frequent in Western Germany, especially along the Rhine. Beddoe associated it with the Ripuarian Franks and found that it could reach significant frequencies (approaching 4%).
However he also noticed that the bright red hair common in parts of the British Isles is less frequent and that rufosity usually manifests as a reddish blond among Germans.

Rufosity in Germany is closely correlated with the Fälish type, which tends towards reddish-blond. It is the most Rufous type found in Germany.

Only .25-.3% of schoolchildren in the German Empire were found to have brandroth or 'flaming-red' hair by Virchow. However, the frequency was found to be much higher in some western areas where the Fälish type is most significant. (Elass-Lothringen was the maximum at ~1.3%).

Virchow himself was uncertain about the distribution of brandroth in his survey and questioned his results. Beddoe suspects that a significant portion of rufous Germans were counted as blonds.

As brandroth was highest in Alsace-Lorraine which is more brunet than the North German districts and German Jews who were were darker than every district were found to be above average in brandroth frequency (.4-.5% aggregate), the correlation with rufosity and light hair/eyes was not particularly strong.

North Germans (North Sea Coast, Lower Elbe, Baltic coast ect.) may be the blondest Germans, but they are not as rufous as the West Germans.

The most rufous types are the Cro-Magnoid Brünn, Trønder, and Dalo-Fälid. The Borreby type seems to be slightly more ash-blond and less rufous than those three types.

To answer the question about how Germany compares to the British Isles and Scandinavia, Western Germany actually overlaps with parts of England in rufosity as the Fälid can compete with the Anglo-Saxon type in this regard. Western German Fälids can as well compete with much of Scandinavia. Its just that that in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and to some degree Southwest Norway and Iceland (due to Celtic thralls) red hair tends to be of a deeper and brighter shade, while Fälid/Westphalian red tends to verge on blond.

Useful info , thanks : )