Rosswell Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Rosswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rosswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Rosswell (107) may also be a first name.

Rosswell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rosswell is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rosswell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Rosswell live; 47 percent live in Australasia and 47 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Rosswell is also the 910,230th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 107 people.

Rosswell is most numerous in Australia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 3,856,529. In Australia Rosswell is primarily concentrated in: Queensland, where 57 percent reside and New South Wales, where 43 percent reside. Outside of Australia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Rosswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rosswell has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roswell931,450/
Rouswell8832/
Rosswill884/
Rooswell881/
Roszwell881/
Rossuell881/
Rasswell880/
Roshwell880/
Roswel8610/
Roxwell8017/
Ruswell806/
Raswell804/
Rosbell802/
Roswill800/
Reswell800/
Rochwell756/
Russbell752/
Russuell752/
Roosweil751/
Rauswell750/
Reeswell750/
Rosuel7158/
Rosbel7119/
Ruswel7110/
Rotchwell715/
Raswel712/
Rothswill710/
Rosbill6730/
Raswele6729/
Rusbell6713/
Raswill674/
Russuel673/
Rasbell672/
Rusweld671/
Roussvl671/

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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
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  • 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 Rosswell
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