Roß Surname
Approximately 4,503 people bear this surname
Roß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,490 | 1:17,930 | 2,345 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Roß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Roß is most common in Germany. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Roß? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 104,267th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,618,376 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Roß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Roß is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 4,490 people, or 1 in 17,930. In Germany Roß is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent live, Bavaria, where 13 percent live and Hesse, where 10 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.
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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 Roß
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