Roskens Surname

968,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 268 people bear this surname

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

Roskens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roskens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2651:1,367,77094,877
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Röskens (81) are calculated separately.

Roskens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Roskens is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Röskens. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Roskens? popularity and diffusion

Roskens is the 968,490th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 27,192,336 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Roskens are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Roskens is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 1,367,770. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 25 percent are found, South Dakota, where 22 percent are found and Iowa, where 18 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Korea, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Roskens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Roskens surname are 42.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 89.13% being registered to vote for the political party.

Roskens earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.5% more than the national average, earning $45,090 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Röskens9581/
Rooskens9344/
Roeskens9338/
Rüskens8631/
Roskins864/
Raskens862/
Ruskens862/
Reeskens80152/
Reuskens8027/
Rosskins800/
Roskence800/
Rozkins717/
Ruskins716/
Raskins716/
Ruskinse671/
Rushkins671/
Raskynx5724/
Rošcins571/
Razkins571/

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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 Roskens
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