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
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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 found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Röster. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roster? popularity and diffusion
Roster is the 431,117th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,120,833 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Roster live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. Roster is also the 71,412th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 7,946 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 564 people, or 1 in 642,658. In The United States Roster is most prevalent in: California, where 15 percent reside, Missouri, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States Roster occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 11 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 4 percent reside.
Roster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence 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 declined 69 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Roster Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Roster last name is principally Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Roster last name are 6.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.13% registered to vote for the political 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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