Rowel Surname
Approximately 1,397 people bear this surname
Rowel Surname Definition:
(English) One who came from Rowell (roe stream), in Gloucestershire; dweller at a spring frequented by roes; descendant of little Rowland (fame, land).
Rowel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,023 | 1:20,341 | 2,776 |
| United States | 199 | 1:1,821,402 | 119,204 |
| Philippines | 52 | 1:1,946,889 | 117,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 105 | 1:232,146 | 17,394 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 397 | 1:126,495 | 12,200 |
Rowel (35,198) may also be a first name.
Rowel Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) One who came from Rowell (roe stream), in Gloucestershire; dweller at a spring frequented by roes; descendant of little Rowland (fame, land).
Local. From the river Rowel, in the Netherlands.
Rowel Demographics
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Rowel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rowel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Rowel is most common in Sri Lanka. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rowel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 277,333rd most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 5,216,568 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Rowel live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 24,624th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 35,198 people.
The surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 4 percent live.
Rowel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rowel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rowel surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 97 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rowel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Rowel surname are 32.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.95% registered with the political party.
Rowel earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.68% less than the national average, earning $37,678 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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