Rouws Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Rouws Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 42 | 1:402,076 | 42,431 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Rouws Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rouws Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rouws is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rouws? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rouws is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Rouws are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Rouws is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 402,076. In The Netherlands Rouws is primarily found in: North Brabant, where 69 percent live, Utrecht, where 17 percent live and South Holland, where 12 percent live. Beside The Netherlands it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
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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 Rouws
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