Rossow Surname
Approximately 5,212 people bear this surname
Rossow Surname Definition:
(Polish) One who came from Russia (derived from the Rossi, a tribe of Norsemen flourishing in the ninth century).
Rossow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,618 | 1:138,449 | 14,447 |
| Germany | 1,484 | 1:54,249 | 7,043 |
| Brazil | 552 | 1:387,816 | 14,804 |
| Australia | 306 | 1:88,221 | 10,161 |
| South Africa | 75 | 1:722,369 | 51,132 |
| Norway | 68 | 1:75,622 | 10,585 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 197 | 1:254,917 | 21,039 |
The alternate forms: Rossów (5) are calculated separately.
Rossow Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Polish) One who came from Russia (derived from the Rossi, a tribe of Norsemen flourishing in the ninth century).
Rossow Demographics
Average Male Rossow Height
180.28 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Rossow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rossow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rossow occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Rossów. Click here for further potential spellings of Rossow.
How Common Is The Last Name Rossow? popularity and diffusion
It is the 91,799th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,398,224 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Rossow are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,618 people, or 1 in 138,449. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 19 percent live, Michigan, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States Rossow exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 28 percent live and Brazil, where 11 percent live.
Rossow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rossow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rossow surname rose 1,329 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rossow Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rossow last name are 9.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.2% registered with the party.
The amount Rossow earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 37.39% more than the national average, earning 475,468 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 37.9% more than the national average, earning R 327,708 per year; in United States they earn 6.47% more than the national average, earning $45,942 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.85% less than the national average, earning $46,778 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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