Rounsevell Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Rounsevell Surname Definition:

From rounsen-vyl, the asses' village or dwelling; or rounsen-gual, the asses' wall or fence. There is Goon Rounsan, "the asses' down," in St. Enodor. compare Roncesvalles, a frontier village of Spain, Navarre.

Rounsevell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia631:428,50333,982
United States481:7,551,228341,161
England341:1,638,76668,634
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Rounsevell Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From rounsen-vyl, the asses' village or dwelling; or rounsen-gual, the asses' wall or fence. There is Goon Rounsan, "the asses' down," in St. Enodor. compare Roncesvalles, a frontier village of Spain, Navarre.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

ROUNSAVILLE, ROUNSEVELL, ROUNSWELL: From rounsen-vyl, the asses' village or dwelling; or rounsen-gual, the asses' wall or fence. There is Goon Rounsan, "the asses' down," in St. Enodor. compare Roncesvalles, a frontier village of Spain, Navarre.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Rounsevell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rounsevell has its highest incidence in Australia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rounsevell.

How Common Is The Last Name Rounsevell? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,447,279th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 43 percent of Rounsevell live; 43 percent live in Australasia and 43 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 428,503. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: Queensland, where 29 percent reside, Western Australia, where 27 percent reside and South Australia, where 24 percent reside. Other than Australia Rounsevell is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent reside and England, where 23 percent reside.

Rounsevell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rounsevell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rounsevell last name grew 960 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 148 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rounsevell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rounsevell surname are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70.59% being registered to vote for the political party.

Rounsevell earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.17% less than the national average, earning $39,625 USD per year.

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