Rosw Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Rosw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 51 | 1:905,488 | 33,171 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rosw (25) may also be a first name.
Rosw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rosw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rosw is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rosw.
How Common Is The Last Name Rosw? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,121,169th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Rosw reside; 65 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 25 people.
The last name Rosw is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 905,488. In Kenya Rosw is most frequent in: Migori County, where 100 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 30 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roswe | 89 | 499 | / |
| Rossw | 89 | 63 | / |
| Rouswe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Roossw | 80 | 3 | / |
| Rosf | 75 | 9 | / |
| Rasw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rashw | 67 | 40 | / |
| Raswe | 67 | 33 | / |
| Rousv | 67 | 19 | / |
| Reesw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rossf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hrozw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rozzw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roesf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rosbh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rushw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Roosb | 67 | 0 | / |
| Reeshw | 60 | 4 | / |
| Hrochw | 60 | 0 | / |
| Rotchw | 60 | 0 | / |
| Reschw | 60 | 0 | / |
| Rouchw | 60 | 0 | / |
| Royshev | 55 | 1 | / |
| Rasb | 50 | 21 | / |
| Rasf | 50 | 11 | / |
| Rusf | 50 | 5 | / |
| Rusv | 50 | 3 | / |
| Razw | 50 | 2 | / |
| Resv | 50 | 1 | / |
| Roxf | 50 | 1 | / |
| Resf | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Rosw
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis