Roş Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Roş Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1441:139,43014,992
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Ros (128,692), Roš (188), Roś (20), Rós (52) & Rôs (1) are calculated separately.

Roş Last Name Facts

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

Roş has its highest incidence in Romania. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Ros, Roš, Roś, Rós or Rôs. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Roş? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,465,390th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Roş are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

Roş is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 139,430. In Romania Roş is mostly found in: Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 66 percent reside, Mureș County, where 29 percent reside and Sălaj County, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Romania Roş occurs in one country. It is also found in Turkey, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ros89128,692/
Roš89188/
Roś8920/
Roşe8628/
Rós7852/
Rôs781/
Roz6721,223/
Roß674,503/
Rox673,407/
Roj673,317/
Roc671,762/
Rož6769/
Roşova671/
Roţ671/
Roç671/

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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 Roş
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