Rossouw Surname
Approximately 30,511 people bear this surname
Rossouw Surname Definition:
See Rousseau.
Rossouw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 29,419 | 1:1,842 | 229 |
| England | 266 | 1:209,466 | 18,018 |
| Australia | 190 | 1:142,083 | 15,253 |
| United States | 130 | 1:2,788,146 | 165,890 |
| Namibia | 125 | 1:19,275 | 3,407 |
| Canada | 84 | 1:438,638 | 38,170 |
| New Zealand | 76 | 1:59,583 | 9,301 |
| Thailand | 57 | 1:1,239,269 | 179,534 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Rossouw (255) may also be a first name.
Rossouw Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
See Rousseau.
Rossouw Demographics
Average Male Rossouw Height
175.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Rossouw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rossouw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rossouw is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rossouw? popularity and diffusion
Rossouw is the 18,089th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 238,850 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Rossouw live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Rossouw is also the 557,860th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 255 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 29,419 people, or 1 in 1,842. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 29 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Rossouw Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rossouw surname are 9.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.52% registered with the political party.
The amount Rossouw earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.69% more than the national average, earning R 369,972 per year; in United States they earn 5.29% more than the national average, earning $45,431 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.12% more than the national average, earning $52,228 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roussouw | 93 | 156 | / |
| Roossouw | 93 | 1 | / |
| Rossow | 92 | 5,212 | / |
| Rosouw | 92 | 3 | / |
| Rossuw | 92 | 1 | / |
| Russouw | 86 | 662 | / |
| Rassouw | 86 | 45 | / |
| Rossauw | 86 | 16 | / |
| Roussow | 86 | 9 | / |
| Rousouw | 86 | 7 | / |
| Rosseuw | 86 | 7 | / |
| Roussuw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rossows | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rossoyw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rossouv | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rosow | 83 | 232 | / |
| Rousseuw | 80 | 3 | / |
| Roussauw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Russow | 77 | 1,040 | / |
| Rossov | 77 | 463 | / |
| Rassow | 77 | 128 | / |
| Roseuw | 77 | 33 | / |
| Rossof | 77 | 23 | / |
| Rasouw | 77 | 7 | / |
| Rossów | 77 | 5 | / |
| Rossaw | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rosasw | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rosuwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Roshow | 77 | 0 | / |
| Roosow | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rousow | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rohsow | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rousseauw | 75 | 5 | / |
| Rossowová | 75 | 2 | / |
| Rossova | 71 | 522 | / |
| Rossoff | 71 | 132 | / |
| Roussaw | 71 | 54 | / |
| Roschow | 71 | 52 | / |
| Reussow | 71 | 23 | / |
| Roshauw | 71 | 16 | / |
| Roussov | 71 | 13 | / |
| Rosseaw | 71 | 10 | / |
| Hrossov | 71 | 9 | / |
| Roussof | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rooshow | 71 | 0 | / |
| Rosov | 67 | 148 | / |
| Rosof | 67 | 135 | / |
| Rusow | 67 | 59 | / |
| Roßow | 67 | 50 | / |
| Hrossova | 67 | 26 | / |
| Rosob | 67 | 19 | / |
| Rosów | 67 | 14 | / |
| Rosshoff | 67 | 13 | / |
| Roussova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rasow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rossgopf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rodschow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhassoub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rousseuv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rousseaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roxow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rosaw | 67 | 0 | / |
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