Rostance Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Rostance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rostance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1361:409,69228,019
United States241:15,102,456529,929
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:353,26622,372
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Rostance Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rostance is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rostance? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rostance is the 1,152,132nd most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Rostance are found; 67 percent are found in Northern Europe and 66 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 409,692. In England it is most common in: Nottinghamshire, where 24 percent live, Staffordshire, where 22 percent live and West Midlands, where 14 percent live. Besides England this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent live and South Africa, where 11 percent live.

Rostance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rostance has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Rostance last name expanded 197 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rostance Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rostance surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Rostance earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 20.26% more than the national average, earning R 285,780 per year; in United States they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning $38,225 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.24% more than the national average, earning $58,247 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rostange882/
Rosstancher840/
Ratance802/
Rostans801/
Roustanjee7812/
Rotanger7512/
Rotanzey750/
Rotanz7170/
Rastanjee7113/
Rostamzei711/
Rotgans67540/
Rothans6765/
Rostams6759/
Ratanje6734/
Rotanzi6732/
Ratanci676/
Ratanse672/

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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 Rostance
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