Rowls Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rowls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rowls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1531:2,369,013146,433
South Africa1461:371,08033,514
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:627,73441,746

Rowls Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rowls is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Rowls.

How Common Is The Last Name Rowls? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 887,624th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Rowls are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Rowls is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 2,369,013. In The United States Rowls is most prevalent in: Florida, where 16 percent reside, Texas, where 16 percent reside and Illinois, where 16 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 48 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Rowls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rowls has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rowls last name increased 191 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rowls Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rowls last name are 6.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.38% registered with the political party.

The amount Rowls earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 49.44% less than the national average, earning R 120,156 per year and in United States they earn 3.14% less than the national average, earning $41,795 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rowles918,227/
Rowels9153/
Rowlls9146/
Rowlse911/
Rowells83126/
Rowless834/
Rowelsh831/
Rowiels830/
Rowwles830/
Rawls8015,083/
Robls805/
Rewls800/
Rowellls770/
Robles73594,975/
Rawles732,203/
Robels73168/
Rovles7346/
Rewles733/
Rawlls732/
Rowilz731/
Rewels731/
Rawlse731/
Robless67117/
Roblles675/
Rrobles675/
Robells674/
Roubles674/
Roobles672/
Robijls671/
Roibles671/
Rawless670/

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Rowls Reference & Research

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Ralls-Rawls DNA Proj FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Rowls
  • 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