Roberson Surname

7,802nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72,875 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Roberson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' a corruption of Robertson (v. Robert).

1788. Married — William Roberson and Grace Say: St. George, Hanover Square.

1789. — Christopher Roberson and Mary Oliver: ibid.

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Roberson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States69,9381:5,183588
Australia8421:32,0614,258
England6671:83,5359,209
South Africa2801:193,49220,922
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Haiti1641:65,1463,630
Canada1191:309,62728,530
Brazil501:4,281,487114,765
France491:1,355,566135,191
Madagascar491:482,6501,766
New Zealand471:96,34713,070
Philippines361:2,812,173137,318
Wales361:85,9597,098
Belize291:12,2581,436
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Liberia211:209,93013,691
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Guam161:10,0081,526
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Jamaica101:286,9957,581
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Panama101:391,2268,067
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
India51:153,413,076951,030
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
China51:273,464,31313,838
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4271:57,0856,751
Scotland291:129,0765,773
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,8841:2,974341

Roberson (10,691) may also be a first name.

Roberson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' a corruption of Robertson (v. Robert).

1788. Married — William Roberson and Grace Say: St. George, Hanover Square.

1789. — Christopher Roberson and Mary Oliver: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

For Robertson, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Robert (fame, bright).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Roberson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roberson (Russian: Роберсон) occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Roberson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,802nd most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 100,001 people. The last name Roberson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Roberson live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 58,597th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 10,691 people.

The last name Roberson is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 69,938 people, or 1 in 5,183. In The United States Roberson is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 16 percent are found, Georgia, where 8 percent are found and North Carolina, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States Roberson exists in 73 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Roberson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Roberson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roberson surname rose 414 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 156 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 72 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 78 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Roberson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Roberson last name is principally Catholic (33%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Roberson last name are 10% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.77% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Roberson earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 30.9% more than the national average, earning R 311,064 per year; in United States they earn 12.06% less than the national average, earning $37,947 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.45% less than the national average, earning $48,964 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Roberson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roberson in the Russian language
Роберсонroberson-

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