Rowston Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Rowston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rowston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2301:117,37312,995
England641:870,59545,570
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Norfolk Island91:25541
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1081:225,69817,096
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Rowston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rowston occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Rowston.

How Common Is The Last Name Rowston? popularity and diffusion

It is the 839,220th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Rowston are found; 73 percent are found in Australasia and 73 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 230 people, or 1 in 117,373. In Australia it is most numerous in: New South Wales, where 53 percent are found, Queensland, where 23 percent are found and Victoria, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Australia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Rowston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rowston has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Rowston surname contracted 41 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 2,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rowston Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Rowston surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

Rowston earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.4% more than the national average, earning $54,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rewston8653/
Rawston8639/
Robston862/
Rovston861/
Rawstone8012/
Rawsthone752/
Rawsthotne714/
Rawsthonne710/
Ravstone671/
Rafstan5737/
Rabstan5720/

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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 Rowston
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