Rossouw Surname

18,089th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rossouw Surname Definition:

See Rousseau.

Rossouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa29,4191:1,842229
England2661:209,46618,018
Australia1901:142,08315,253
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
Namibia1251:19,2753,407
Canada841:438,63838,170
New Zealand761:59,5839,301
Thailand571:1,239,269179,534
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Botswana281:78,10513,263
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Wales41:773,63329,106
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Rossouw (255) may also be a first name.

Rossouw Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

See Rousseau.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roussouw93156/
Roossouw931/
Rossow925,212/
Rosouw923/
Rossuw921/
Russouw86662/
Rassouw8645/
Rossauw8616/
Roussow869/
Rousouw867/
Rosseuw867/
Roussuw861/
Rossows861/
Rossoyw861/
Rossouv861/
Rosow83232/
Rousseuw803/
Roussauw801/
Russow771,040/
Rossov77463/
Rassow77128/
Roseuw7733/
Rossof7723/
Rasouw777/
Rossów775/
Rossaw772/
Rosasw771/
Rosuwe771/
Roshow770/
Roosow770/
Rousow770/
Rohsow770/
Rousseauw755/
Rossowová752/
Rossova71522/
Rossoff71132/
Roussaw7154/
Roschow7152/
Reussow7123/
Roshauw7116/
Roussov7113/
Rosseaw7110/
Hrossov719/
Roussof712/
Rooshow710/
Rosov67148/
Rosof67135/
Rusow6759/
Roßow6750/
Hrossova6726/
Rosob6719/
Rosów6714/
Rosshoff6713/
Roussova675/
Rasow672/
Rossgopf671/
Rodschow671/
Rhassoub671/
Rousseuv671/
Rousseaw671/
Roxow671/
Rosaw670/

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