Rostami Surname

3,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181,481 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Rostami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rostami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran179,9791:42745
United States6161:588,40748,054
Sweden1541:63,9404,874
Canada1531:240,82122,946
England961:580,39635,131
Germany631:1,277,86481,414
Israel591:145,04515,356
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
Australia361:749,88148,970
Denmark281:201,59716,538
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Norway211:244,87126,357
Romania211:956,08952,327
Austria181:473,08046,251
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Finland101:549,67032,186
France91:7,380,302306,885
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
India51:153,413,076951,030
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Rostami (2,305) may also be a first name.

Rostami Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rostami (Arabic: روستامي, Georgian: როსტამი, Russian: Ростами) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rostami.

How Common Is The Last Name Rostami? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,108th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 40,156 people. Rostami occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Rostami reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 155,177th most common first name world-wide It is held by 2,305 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 179,979 people, or 1 in 427. In Iran Rostami is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 15 percent live, Kermanshah Province, where 9 percent live and Fars Province, where 7 percent live. Barring Iran it exists in 53 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Rostami Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rostami surname are 0.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.55% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Rostami earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 24.02% less than the national average, earning 262,965 kr per year; in United States they earn 23.46% more than the national average, earning $53,270 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.96% more than the national average, earning $54,633 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rostami Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rostami in the Georgian language
როსტამიrostami-
Rostami in the Russian language
Ростамиrostami-
Rostami in the Arabic language
روستاميrwstamy-

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Footnotes

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