Rossendale Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Rossendale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Rossendale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rossendale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rossendale is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rossendale? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rossendale is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rossendale live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.
The last name is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is most common in: Lancashire, where 50 percent are found, Cambridgeshire, where 25 percent are found and Essex, where 25 percent are found.
Rossendale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Rossendale has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Rossendale
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