Roohan Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

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

Roohan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roohan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Australia901:299,95226,269
England311:1,797,35772,927
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
India71:109,580,769786,157
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland471:94,2526,181
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Roohan (82) may also be a first name.

Roohan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Roohan (Hindi: रूहान, Marathi: हान) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roohan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Roohan is the 891,661st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Roohan are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,060,447th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 82 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 2,665,139. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 49 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Maryland, where 12 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 30 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.

Roohan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Roohan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 486 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 3,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 66 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Roohan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Roohan surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.

Roohan earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.74% more than the national average, earning $59,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rohohan921/
Raoan731/
Roaon731/
Raouan67759/
Raohon6757/
Raoane674/
Rahoon671/
Raouane621,180/
Raohong624/
Raojian622/
Rahoane621/
Rahouan621/
Rahouane57294/
Raojiang5717/
Raoam551/
Roaom551/
Raouam5013/

Roohan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roohan in the Hindi language
रूहानruhana73.33
रूहनruhana20
रोोहनroohana6.67
Roohan in the Marathi language
हानhana50
रोहनrohana50

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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
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  • 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 Roohan
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