Roşu Surname
Approximately 4,943 people bear this surname
Roşu Surname User-submission:
Roșu is a Romanian surname, meaning 'red'.
Roşu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 4,942 | 1:4,063 | 556 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
The alternate forms: Rosu (30,759), Rošu (173) & Rosú (1) are calculated separately.
Roşu Surname Meaning
Roşu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roşu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Roşu is found most frequently in Romania. It can be found in the variant forms: Rosu, Rošu or Rosú. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roşu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 96,249th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,474,316 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Roşu are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Roşu is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 4,942 people, or 1 in 4,063. In Romania it is most frequent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 10 percent live, Dolj County, where 6 percent live and Iași County, where 6 percent live. Excluding Romania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Bulgaria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosu | 92 | 30,759 | / |
| Rošu | 92 | 173 | / |
| Rosú | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rozu | 75 | 16 | / |
| Raşu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Hrosu | 67 | 874 | / |
| Rousu | 67 | 669 | / |
| Roshu | 67 | 522 | / |
| Rosiu | 67 | 428 | / |
| Rosus | 67 | 409 | / |
| Rozou | 67 | 243 | / |
| Rasou | 67 | 214 | / |
| Rossu | 67 | 188 | / |
| Razou | 67 | 181 | / |
| Rociu | 67 | 130 | / |
| Rotsu | 67 | 81 | / |
| Rochu | 67 | 52 | / |
| Roseu | 67 | 41 | / |
| Rosuş | 67 | 39 | / |
| Rosut | 67 | 37 | / |
| Rosou | 67 | 23 | / |
| Roßau | 67 | 10 | / |
| Rosau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Rosup | 67 | 5 | / |
| Rosui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rozau | 67 | 3 | / |
| Roozu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Roosu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rosuș | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruoxu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rozeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rosuh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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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 Roşu
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