Roswan Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Thailand

Roswan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roswan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia831:1,593,364105,506
Thailand461:1,535,616206,021
India101:76,706,538639,611
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Roswan (254) may also be a first name.

Roswan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roswan is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Roswan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,453,389th most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Roswan live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 59 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Roswan is also the 559,024th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 254 people.

Roswan is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 1,593,364. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Java, where 67 percent are found, Central Java, where 12 percent are found and South Sulawesi, where 11 percent are found. Besides Indonesia it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 31 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roswhan9290/
Rosswan924/
Roszwan921/
Roshwan921/
Rodswang862/
Rosban832,641/
Raswan831,265/
Ruswan83940/
Reswan8313/
Rosvan830/
Rashwan7748,363/
Rushwan773,338/
Reshwan7730/
Rochwan7710/
Roszuan776/
Royzwan771/
Raswaan771/
Reswuan771/
Rosvang771/
Reszwan771/
Raswane771/
Radswan771/
Rotsuang7147/
Roisuang7125/
Rashwaan7112/
Rossvang7111/
Rashwane713/
Rashswan711/
Rochwand711/
Raschwan711/
Rossbain711/
Resvan67453/
Rasban67278/
Rusban67110/
Resuan6759/
Rasuan6751/
Rozuan6716/
Rasvan677/
Reschwann674/
Rusuan671/
Ruxwan671/
Roshshban671/
Rosbon671/
Raswon671/
Rusvan671/

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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 Roswan
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