Rockwell Surname

29,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,262 people bear this surname

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

Rockwell Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at, or near, the stony spring or stream.

Rockwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,9131:21,4312,707
Canada7781:47,3595,769
Philippines1861:544,29261,724
Australia1361:198,49819,506
England291:1,921,31276,208
Costa Rica271:177,0402,395
India201:38,353,269431,471
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Norway91:571,36544,190
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
France51:13,284,544357,392
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
China41:341,830,39216,990
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Macau11:601,6301,582
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9661:10,1131,308

Rockwell (827) may also be a first name.

Rockwell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at, or near, the stony spring or stream.

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

Rockwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rockwell (Hindi: रोकवेला) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rockwell.

How Common Is The Last Name Rockwell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 29,356th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 399,055 people. Rockwell occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Rockwell are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Rockwell is also the 284,025th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 827 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 16,913 people, or 1 in 21,431. In The United States Rockwell is most numerous in: California, where 11 percent reside, New York, where 7 percent reside and Texas, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States Rockwell exists in 54 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.

Rockwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rockwell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rockwell surname grew 341 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rockwell Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Rockwell surname are 14.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.11% being registered with the political party.

The amount Rockwell earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 28.29% less than the national average, earning 248,175 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.97% less than the national average, earning $42,731 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.01% less than the national average, earning $48,188 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rockwell Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rockwell in the Hindi language
रोकवेलाrokavela-

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