Rowjee Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Rowjee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rowjee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1661:326,37230,631
Mauritius551:23,5174,778
United States91:40,273,215872,126
India61:127,844,230863,365
England11:55,718,059489,080
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Rowjee Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rowjee is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rowjee? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,048,281st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Rowjee reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 326,372. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 78 percent live, Limpopo, where 19 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Rowjee Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Rowjee earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 39.3% more than the national average, earning R 331,020 per year and in United States they earn 67.3% more than the national average, earning $72,188 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rowzee83467/
Rawjee83312/
Rowsee831/
Roweye831/
Rowgee830/
Rowse732,719/
Rowie73128/
Rowji7342/
Rowja733/
Rawje732/
Rowce730/
Rowge730/
Rowze730/
Rooweeio711/
Rowsey671,518/
Ravjee67369/
Rowies67249/
Rowzie6771/
Rowzer6767/
Rowier6720/
Rowjay675/
Rawjie674/
Rabjee673/
Roweii673/
Rawjeë673/
Raweeh673/
Rowsie672/
Rowger672/
Rouwye671/
Rawiee671/
Rawjje671/
Rowzey670/

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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
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  • 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 Rowjee
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