Röschlau Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Röschlau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Röschlau 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
Germany691:1,166,74676,492
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Roschlau (198) are calculated separately.

Röschlau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Röschlau is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Roschlau. Click here for other potential spellings of Röschlau.

How Common Is The Last Name Röschlau? popularity and diffusion

Röschlau is the 2,255,512th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Röschlau reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 1,166,746. In Germany it is most frequent in: Hesse, where 46 percent live, Bavaria, where 36 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live. Besides Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

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
Roschlau96198/
Roeschlau826/
Roshlau801/
Raslau7117/
Reshla716/
Roslau712/
Reslau711/
Rosslau6750/
Rohslau675/
Rosleau671/
Resleau670/
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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 Röschlau
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