Rös Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Rös Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Rös Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1551:519,39043,831
Sweden351:281,33619,530
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Rös (74) may also be a first name.

Rös Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rös occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Rös click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rös? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,206,588th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. Rös is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Rös live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe. Rös is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently used first name internationally, held by 74 people.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 519,390. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 36 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found and Hesse, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 18 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Röst86190/
Röss86121/
Röhs8667/
Rïös861/
Rösch7517,972/
Röhse75175/
Rhöse75148/
Röjås7562/
Rösth7541/
Röhss7519/
Rösse752/
Röß6792/
Rösche6767/
Räs677/
Rössås671/
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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 Rös
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