Robertsn Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Robertsn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Robertsn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Robertsn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Robertsn is held by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Robertsn? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Robertsn are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in Scotland, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,338,454. In Scotland it is most prevalent in: West Lothian, where 75 percent are found and City of Edinburgh, where 25 percent are found. Beside Scotland it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.

Robertsn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Robertsn has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Robertsn surname expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Robertsn
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