Roxas Surname

9,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Roxas Surname User-submission:

This surname derived from the Spanish word for 'red'.

Roxas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines53,1001:1,907129
United States2,1661:167,34016,969
Canada2461:149,77915,288
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Taiwan1231:190,6081,654
Australia861:313,90427,145
England631:884,41445,970
Italy601:1,019,27870,256
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Spain431:1,087,25739,071
Malaysia371:797,14136,924
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Israel261:329,14027,831
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
United Arab Emirates241:381,76122,934
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Guam161:10,0081,526
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Libya91:693,7751,982
Oman81:460,9965,668
Norway61:857,04855,549
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Brunei61:69,7881,791
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
China41:341,830,39216,990
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
France41:16,605,680368,153
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Macau11:601,6301,582
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Roxas (462) may also be a first name.

Roxas Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname derived from the Spanish word for 'red'.

- lawful

Roxas is the archaic spelling of the surname Rojas.

- albanopirino

Roxas Last Name Facts

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

Roxas (Arabic: روكساس) is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Roxas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 9,960th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 129,031 people. Roxas is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Roxas reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 396,762nd most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 462 people.

The last name Roxas is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 53,100 people, or 1 in 1,907. In The Philippines Roxas is most prevalent in: Calabarzon, where 24 percent reside, Central Luzon, where 22 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this surname occurs in 70 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Roxas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Roxas surname are 1.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.39% registered with the political party.

The amount Roxas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 29.13% more than the national average, earning €38,777 per year; in Norway they earn 45.24% less than the national average, earning 189,529 kr per year; in United States they earn 17.87% more than the national average, earning $50,859 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.37% less than the national average, earning $46,518 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rosxas912/
Rocxas911/
Roxass911/
Roxaas911/
Rozxas911/
Rooxas911/
Roxa89666/
Rosas80430,281/
Rozas8019,408/
Roças8084/
Roxax8014/
Roxha809/
Rouxa807/
Roxaz807/
Roxsa805/
Ročas804/
Ronxa803/
Rexas803/
Rhoxa802/
Raxas802/
Roxza802/
Rocxa801/
Rotxa801/
Rozxa801/
Roxxa801/
Roxad801/
Rochas732,799/
Rossas73287/
Rosias73233/
Rozsas73175/
Rosais73144/
Rousas7371/
Roccas7369/
Rotsas7318/
Rocias7316/
Rosaas7316/
Rozeas7313/
Rosass7310/
Roshas738/
Rozais738/
Rosaus737/
Rouças733/
Rrosas733/
Rojsas733/
Roisas733/
Rozash733/
Roseas732/
Ronxha732/
Rhosas731/
Rosa's731/
Rozzas731/
Rexash731/
Rosjas731/
Rouzas731/
Roxo675,476/
Rochais671,284/
Raxa67703/
Roussas67509/
Rousias67185/
Rouxeau6753/
Rouchas6725/
Rexhaus6724/
Roshass6721/
Rouseas6715/
Routsas6715/
Roushas679/
Rotchas677/
Rosasse673/
Rossais672/
Rotshas672/
Rossaus672/
Rexasch672/
Hrotsas672/
Rodsaas671/
Roshash671/
Roosias671/
Hrochas671/
Rochase671/
Rochash671/
Rochats671/
Rosassd671/
D'Rosas671/
Rosatts670/
Rouxaut670/

Roxas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roxas in the Arabic language
روكساسrwksas-

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