Rover Surname
Approximately 3,681 people bear this surname
Rover Surname User-submission:
An Austrian surname, meanin 'roofer'.
Rover Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,238 | 1:172,919 | 6,661 |
| United States | 756 | 1:479,443 | 40,632 |
| Italy | 410 | 1:149,163 | 23,369 |
| Argentina | 300 | 1:142,478 | 12,055 |
| France | 209 | 1:317,812 | 48,279 |
| Australia | 189 | 1:142,834 | 15,308 |
| Philippines | 106 | 1:955,078 | 84,086 |
| Netherlands | 67 | 1:252,047 | 32,252 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| Guyana | 38 | 1:20,058 | 2,520 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Paraguay | 14 | 1:516,910 | 6,745 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 30 | 1:812,512 | 35,970 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 283 | 1:177,451 | 15,850 |
The alternate forms: Röver (1,414) & Rovér (8) are calculated separately.
Rover (1,573) may also be a first name.
Rover Surname Meaning
Rover Demographics
Average Male Rover Height
178 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Rover Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rover Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rover (Georgian: როვერ, Russian: Ровер) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Röver or Rovér. Click here for other possible spellings of Rover.
How Common Is The Last Name Rover? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 123,915th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,979,773 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Rover live; 43 percent live in South America and 34 percent live in Luso-South America. Rover is also the 195,177th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 1,573 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 1,238 people, or 1 in 172,919. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Santa Catarina, where 38 percent are found, Paraná, where 18 percent are found and São Paulo, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil it is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Italy, where 11 percent are found.
Rover Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rover has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rover surname rose 267 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 27 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rover Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Rover surname is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia.
In The United States Rover are 13.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.16% registered with the political party.
The amount Rover earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 62.02% less than the national average, earning €11,406 per year; in South Africa they earn 69.01% less than the national average, earning R 73,644 per year; in United States they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $45,371 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.46% more than the national average, earning $61,340 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rover Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rover in the Georgian language | ||
| როვერ | rover | - |
| Rover in the Russian language | ||
| Ровер | rover | - |
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