Rossland Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Rossland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rossland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2361:21,7892,835
United States951:3,815,357209,650
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Rossland (21) may also be a first name.

Rossland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rossland is most common in Norway. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rossland.

How Common Is The Last Name Rossland? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 801,116th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Rossland reside; 69 percent reside in Northern Europe and 69 percent reside in Scandinavia. Rossland is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 21 people.

The last name Rossland is most widely held in Norway, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 21,789. In Norway Rossland is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 75 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 17 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 8 percent are found. Other than Norway this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Rossland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rossland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rossland last name grew 9,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rossland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rossland surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the party.

The amount Rossland earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning 378,623 kr per year and in United States they earn 14.54% more than the national average, earning $49,425 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
  • 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 Rossland
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