Roshankar Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Roshankar Surname User-submission:

The Roshankar surname means 'honest man', like a glass in a woody door.

Roshankar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1961:391,74825,289
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
India61:127,844,230863,365
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Roshankar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Roshankar surname means 'honest man', like a glass in a woody door.

- mroshankar

Roshankar Last Name Facts

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

Roshankar (Marathi: रोशनकर) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roshankar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,085,744th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname Roshankar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Roshankar reside; 89 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The last name Roshankar is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 391,748. In Iran Roshankar is primarily concentrated in: Lorestan Province, where 41 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 30 percent are found and Kurdistan Province, where 15 percent are found. Besides Iran this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Roshankar Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Roshankar earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 32.78% more than the national average, earning $57,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.17% more than the national average, earning $52,750 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roushankar952/
Rashankar89206/
Rajshankar848/
Rasankar82414/
Raajshankar801/
Ruchankar786/
Rachankar782/
Rashenkar782/
Rajsankar781/
Rasheenkar744/

Roshankar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roshankar in the Marathi language
रोशनकरrosanakara-

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