Rohrsen Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rohrsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rohrsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1321:609,89048,740
United States241:15,102,456529,929
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

The alternate forms: Röhrsen (11) are calculated separately.

Rohrsen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rohrsen occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Röhrsen. Click here for other possible spellings of Rohrsen.

How Common Is The Last Name Rohrsen? popularity and diffusion

Rohrsen is the 1,398,030th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Rohrsen live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Rohrsen is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 609,890. In Germany Rohrsen is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 67 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Thuringia, where 8 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live.

Rohrsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rohrsen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rohrsen last name declined 11 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rohrsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rohrsen last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.

Rohrsen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.32% less than the national average, earning $39,989 USD per year.

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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 Rohrsen
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