Roundtree Surname

64,263rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Roundtree Surname Definition:

(English, Scottish) Dweller at, or near, a rowan tree (mountain ash); one who came from Rowantree, in Scotland.

Roundtree Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,6791:47,2015,729
Ireland451:104,6435,503
Northern Ireland121:153,7538,250
England121:4,643,172139,951
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland911:48,6804,146
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3681:36,7104,352

Roundtree (17) may also be a first name.

Roundtree Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, Scottish) Dweller at, or near, a rowan tree (mountain ash); one who came from Rowantree, in Scotland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Roundtree Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roundtree has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Roundtree? popularity and diffusion

It is the 64,263rd most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 935,981 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Roundtree live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. Roundtree is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 17 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 7,679 people, or 1 in 47,201. In The United States Roundtree is primarily found in: Florida, where 12 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Georgia, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 1 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 0 percent live.

Roundtree Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Roundtree has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Roundtree last name expanded 561 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 51 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it fell 14 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Roundtree Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (85%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Roundtree last name are 3.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.08% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Roundtree earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning R 243,000 per year and in United States they earn 15.77% less than the national average, earning $36,343 USD per year.

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Roundtree Reference & Research

Rountree DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Rountree FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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