Rostow Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Croatia

Rostow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rostow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:4,314,987229,510
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Rostow (15) may also be a first name.

Rostow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rostow (Arabic: روستو) occurs most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rostow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rostow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Rostow reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name Rostow is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 4,314,987. In The United States Rostow is mostly found in: California, where 18 percent are found, Michigan, where 18 percent are found and New York, where 13 percent are found. Aside from The United States it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 7 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.

Rostow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rostow has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 560 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rostow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rostow last name are 42.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.24% registered with the party.

Rostow earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.55% more than the national average, earning $60,646 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rostowa923/
Rosstow920/
Rostov834,756/
Rustow8327/
Rüstow8317/
Restow8315/
Rastow8314/
Rostof832/
Rostova775,758/
Roestof77169/
Rostoff7745/
Rostoev7740/
Rostovs7732/
Rostoft7725/
Rostoof7720/
Rosthof7713/
Roshtov774/
Rostofe772/
Rustouw771/
Roustaw771/
Russtow770/
Reustow770/
Roestoff71418/
Roshtova7119/
Rosthoff7118/
Roustoff716/
Roesstof711/
Rosztova711/
Hrostova711/
Rastov67331/
Rustov6739/
Rustof6723/
Restov6721/
Restof6710/
Roesstoff672/
Rastaw672/
Rostav672/
Rastof672/
Rostab671/
Restaw670/

Rostow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rostow in the Arabic language
روستوrwstw-

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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 Rostow
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