Rosendorff Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Rosendorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rosendorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa651:833,50355,653
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Uruguay151:228,78417,372
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
England31:18,572,686338,250
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Rosendorff Last Name Facts

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

Rosendorff is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rosendorff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rosendorff is the 1,353,468th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Rosendorff reside; 40 percent reside in Southern Africa and 40 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 833,503. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 38 percent reside, Western Cape, where 35 percent reside and Free State, where 22 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Germany, where 18 percent reside.

Rosendorff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rosendorff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rosendorff last name rose 3,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rosendorff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rosendorff last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Rosendorff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 12.55% more than the national average, earning R 267,468 per year and in United States they earn 113.5% more than the national average, earning $92,125 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
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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 Rosendorff
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