Roas Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Roas Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Roas family

Profession Census Frequency
Visitor 1
Assistant Proprietor 1
Boarding House Proprietor 1
Butcher Farmer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Roas

Name Census Frequency
William Roas 10
George Roas 8
Elizabeth Roas 7
Mary Roas 7
James Roas 6
John Roas 5
Thomas Roas 4
Henry Roas 3
Margaret Roas 3
Alfred Roas 2
Alice Roas 2
Charles Roas 2
David Roas 2
Edith Roas 2
Esther Roas 2
Fanny Roas 2
Hannah Roas 2
Jane Roas 2
Jessie Roas 2
Louisa Roas 2
Walter Roas 2
Alexander Roas 1
Alias Roas 1
Anne Roas 1
Annie Roas 1

Roas Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rees 50% 200,374
2 Rose 50% 157,852
3 Rouse 60% 28,270
4 Reese 40% 5,158
5 Ruse 25% 4,501
6 Aris 25% 3,585
7 Roose 60% 3,029
8 Rise 25% 1,984
9 Rous 75% 1,352
10 Airs 25% 1,290
11 Rowes 60% 1,100
12 Rows 75% 1,097
13 Aries 40% 1,061
14 Ries 50% 1,019
15 Reis 50% 931
16 Roos 75% 897
17 Rosa 50% 704
18 Rosse 60% 457
19 Rus 50% 436
20 Rozee 40% 328
21 Aires 20% 298
22 Rase 50% 254
23 Roes 75% 253
24 Eairs 20% 247
25 Reas 75% 243
26 Ires 25% 214
27 Ares 25% 205
28 Rosie 40% 188
29 Rause 40% 178
30 Ros 75% 174
31 Orois 60% 170
32 Roase 80% 161
33 Eares 20% 157
34 Orse 25% 143
35 Ears 25% 142
36 Rease 60% 141
37 Iris 25% 119
38 Roas 100% 117
39 Aiers 20% 103
40 Raise 40% 103
41 Earis 20% 102
42 Res 50% 101

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The surname Roas is the 38th most popular variant of Rees.

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