Roster Surname
Approximately 799 people bear this surname
Roster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 564 | 1:642,658 | 51,628 |
| Germany | 85 | 1:947,123 | 66,306 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 35 | 1:38,971 | 3,714 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 1:409,992 | 9,090 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 62 | 1:393,151 | 23,809 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 183 | 1:274,419 | 22,265 |
The alternate forms: Röster (106) are calculated separately.
Roster (7,946) may also be a first name.
Roster Demographics
Average Roster Salary in
United States
$49,172 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Roster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Roster is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Röster. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Roster? popularity and diffusion
It is the 431,117th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,120,833 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Roster are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 71,412th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 7,946 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 564 people, or 1 in 642,658. In The United States Roster is most common in: California, where 15 percent reside, Missouri, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 35 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 11 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 4 percent reside.
Roster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Roster has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 308 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 69 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Roster Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Roster surname is principally Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Roster surname are 6.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.13% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Roster earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 13.96% more than the national average, earning $49,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 75.05% more than the national average, earning $86,970 CAD per year.
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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 Roster
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