Röst Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Röst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 143 | 1:68,858 | 5,211 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
The alternate forms: Rost (25,693) & Rošt (12) are calculated separately.
Röst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Röst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Röst is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Rost or Rošt. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Röst? popularity and diffusion
The surname Röst is the 1,227,038th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Röst live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Scandinavia.
This last name is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 68,858. In Sweden Röst is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 19 percent are found, Jämtland County, where 17 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 15 percent are found. Barring Sweden this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 9 percent are found and Switzerland, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rost | 92 | 25,693 | / |
| Rösth | 89 | 41 | / |
| Röste | 89 | 36 | / |
| Rös | 86 | 195 | / |
| Rošt | 83 | 12 | / |
| Rast | 75 | 7,915 | / |
| Rest | 75 | 3,418 | / |
| Röss | 75 | 121 | / |
| Röhs | 75 | 67 | / |
| Räst | 75 | 26 | / |
| Rïös | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rösch | 67 | 17,972 | / |
| Rasht | 67 | 7,603 | / |
| Roest | 67 | 5,432 | / |
| Reust | 67 | 1,004 | / |
| Hrast | 67 | 593 | / |
| Röhse | 67 | 175 | / |
| Rhöse | 67 | 148 | / |
| Reest | 67 | 112 | / |
| Röjås | 67 | 62 | / |
| Rosth | 67 | 29 | / |
| Rosst | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ruist | 67 | 23 | / |
| Röhss | 67 | 19 | / |
| Resst | 67 | 16 | / |
| Reszt | 67 | 12 | / |
| Rohst | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hrost | 67 | 8 | / |
| Rasth | 67 | 7 | / |
| Roszt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Resth | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rostt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rösse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rhost | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hrest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rastd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Raast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rrost | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rrest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rostø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Restt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rosht | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Röst
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