Russouw Surname

497,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Monaco

Russouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Russouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6221:87,10210,706
England181:3,095,448105,421
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Monaco11:37,0664,748

Russouw Last Name Facts

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

Russouw occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Russouw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Russouw is the 497,847th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. The surname Russouw is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Russouw live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Russouw is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 622 people, or 1 in 87,102. In South Africa Russouw is most common in: Western Cape, where 49 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Russouw occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Russouw Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Russouw earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 51.84% more than the national average, earning R 360,840 per year and in Canada they earn 19.54% more than the national average, earning $59,390 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roussouw93156/
Russow921,040/
Rossouw8630,511/
Reussow8623/
Roussow869/
Rousouw867/
Roussuw861/
Rusow8359/
Rousseuw803/
Roussauw801/
Roossouw801/
Rossow775,212/
Russaw77634/
Russov77351/
Rushow7725/
Rosouw773/
Russof771/
Rossuw771/
Reusow770/
Rousow770/
Rousseauw755/
Russova71301/
Roussaw7154/
Rossauw7116/
Russoff7115/
Roussov7113/
Hrushow713/
Roussof712/
Russoev712/
Rushowe711/
Rossoyw711/
Rushoow711/
Rushgow711/
Rossouv711/
Rusov672,748/
Rusaw67416/
Rosow67232/
Rutschow6798/
Rußow6755/
Rusof6750/
Rushshaw6732/
Rusuf6714/
Rusów678/
Roussova675/
Russhova671/
Russchaw671/
Rousseuv671/
Rousseaw671/
Ruiszhow671/

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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 Russouw
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