Rouws Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Rouws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rouws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

Rouws Last Name Facts

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

Rouws occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rouws? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Rouws reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Rouws is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 402,076. In The Netherlands Rouws is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 69 percent are found, Utrecht, where 17 percent are found and South Holland, where 12 percent are found. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rows89115/
Ruws891/
Rowse802,719/
Roufs80671/
Rauws80213/
Roubs801/
Rhows801/
Rowsh801/
Rowfs801/
Rowsse733/
Rowsch732/
Roubsh731/
Raws6766/
Rufs6742/
Robs6718/
Rovs674/
Rubs673/
Rofs673/
Rowz671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Rouws
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis