Romstein Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Croatia

Romstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Romstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Romštein (7) are calculated separately.

Romstein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Romstein occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Romštein. For other possible spellings of Romstein click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Romstein? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Romstein occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Romstein are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Romstein is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 3,354,394. In Germany Romstein is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 75 percent live and Hesse, where 25 percent live. Excluding Germany Romstein exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 12 percent live and Argentina, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Romštein967/
Rommshtein893/
Ramstein88510/
Remstein8829/
Romstain882/
Romstaen881/
Romstine880/
Ramsteijn8263/
Ramsteine820/
Ramstijn7553/
Ramstine7527/
Ramsteyn759/
Ramstain753/
Ramstien751/
Rhamstine7143/
Raamstijn7110/
Ramstan671/
Remstan671/
Romštajn6327/
Ramchtesingh601/
Ramshtayn5944/
Ramsztajn594/
Ramstam538/

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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 Romstein
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