Rosling Surname
Approximately 955 people bear this surname
Rosling Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rocelin.' This was at an early period popular in Lincolnshire as a personal name. As a result it is to that county we now look for representatives of the surname. Lower says, 'Rosling: a corruption of Roslyn, a village in Edinburghshire' He does not furnish a title of evidence.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 395 | 1:141,058 | 13,696 |
| United States | 205 | 1:1,768,092 | 116,364 |
| Sweden | 113 | 1:87,139 | 6,420 |
| Australia | 79 | 1:341,718 | 28,950 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Finland | 30 | 1:183,223 | 15,926 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 265 | 1:91,983 | 9,487 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
The alternate forms: Rösling (12) & Rõsling (1) are calculated separately.
Rosling (127) may also be a first name.
Rosling Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rocelin.' This was at an early period popular in Lincolnshire as a personal name. As a result it is to that county we now look for representatives of the surname. Lower says, 'Rosling: a corruption of Roslyn, a village in Edinburghshire' He does not furnish a title of evidence. The final 'g' is, of course, an excrescence, as in Jennings.
'Three carucates which the sons of Rocelin hold,' temp. 1109: The Lincolnshire Survey.
Rocelinus de Bracton, Wiltshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Rocelin le Bunne, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Roscelin de Bratton, Wiltshire, ibid.
Johanna Roscelin, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Thomas Roscelin, Norfolk, ibid.
Johannes Rosselyn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Emma Roscelyn, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.
Robertus Roscelyne, 1379: ibid.
Richard Roscelyn, rector of Patesley, 1408: History of Norfolk.
1628. Married — Samewell Randall and Frances Ruslinge: St. Mary Aldermary.
= Roslin (q.v.), with added English -g.
A corruption of Roslyn, a village in co. Edinburgh.
For Roscelin, a baronial family, a branch of the Carlovingian Viscounts of Maine and Beaumont. See Beaumont. Geoffry de Bellomont or Baynard, brother of Hubert Viscount of Maine, held fiefs 1080 from the barony of Baynard, and from Percy and Earl Alan in Yorkshire (Domesd.). He had amongst other sons Roscelin de Bellomont, who had a grant of Stratton and Marsham, Norfolk, t. Henry I., whose son, William Fitz-Rosceline, had issue William de Stratton (Blomefield, vi. 331). Robert Fitz- Rosceline, brother of William Fitz- Rosceline, was father of Bartholomew de Marsham, ancestor of the Earls of Romney. William de Stratton also appears as ‘Fitz-Rosceline,’ and Robert Fitz-Rosceline his son held a lease of Newton, Norfolk, from Henry II. (Blomefield, v. Go). This estate was held in 1235 by Peter de Rosceline, and in 1317 by Thomas, son of Sir Peter Fitz - Roscelin (Ibid.). Sir Peter was summoned by writ as a baron in 1294. See Marsham.
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Rosling Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rosling Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rosling is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Rösling or Rõsling. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rosling? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 374,939th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,630,938 people. Rosling is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Rosling reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 43 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 825,494th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 127 people.
The last name Rosling is most common in England, where it is carried by 395 people, or 1 in 141,058. In England it is primarily found in: Derbyshire, where 11 percent live, Greater London, where 9 percent live and Lincolnshire, where 9 percent live. Barring England it is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Sweden, where 12 percent live.
Rosling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rosling has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Rosling last name rose 149 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 788 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Rosling Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rosling surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.
The amount Rosling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.71% less than the national average, earning R 10,200 per year; in United States they earn 2.57% less than the national average, earning $42,039 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.79% less than the national average, earning $45,815 CAD per year.
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