Raswell Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Raswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Raswell (57) may also be a first name.

Raswell Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Raswell Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Raswell has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Raswell.

How Common Is The Last Name Raswell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Raswell reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Raswell is also the 1,308,380th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 57 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 33 percent reside, Tennessee, where 33 percent reside and Washington, where 33 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 25 percent reside.

Raswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Raswell has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raiswell9370/
Rauswell930/
Rasswell930/
Raswel922/
Raisewell884/
Roswell861,450/
Raswele8629/
Raswill864/
Raiswel862/
Rasbell862/
Reswell860/
Raswl832/
Rouswell8032/
Rosswell8015/
Rooswell801/
Roszwell801/
Roshwell800/
Reeswell800/
Roswel7710/
Rasuel772/
Raswil771/
Roxwell7117/
Rachwel713/
Rosbell712/
Roswill710/
Rochwell676/
Rosswill674/
Rossuell671/
Rhazwill671/
Roosweil671/
Rasvl671/
Rauchweld636/
Rotchwell635/
Radczwill631/
Rothswill630/
Rosuel6258/
Rosbel6219/
Rasbøl627/
Resuel620/
Rosbill5730/
Rasvlova532/
Rosbl501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Raswell
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis