Roan is used as a family name or surname in Taiwan. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Roan
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Taiwan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Roan

How popular is Roan?

Roan is common in Taiwan.

Roan is ranked 48572 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Roan bearers increased by 8.198198 per cent in 2010 US census to 3603 since 2000, the surname slipped by 46 spots and ranked at 9073. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.95 72.94
Black 12.27 12.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.72 3.99
Hispanic or Latino 6.77 3.93
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.8 5.14
Others 1.5 1.68
Roan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Taiwan is ahead in terms of density. Around 9817 people have been found who wears Roan as their family name. Roan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,318 China8
101,066 Zimbabwe5
381,097 Ukraine4
2,967 Vietnam3
9,097 Wales3
118,441 Germany2
10,284 Kuwait2
91,784 Netherlands2
17,547 Colombia2
23,858 Iran2
24,269 Peru2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
40,064 Nigeria2
21,562 Portugal1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,198 Maldives1
174,544 Czech Republic1
573 Vanuatu1
34,581 Chile1
165,773 Belarus1
6,212 Jamaica1
29,046 Japan1
28,365 Kenya1
10,190 Bahrain1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
37,493 Austria1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
36,678 Singapore1
77,122 Sweden1
53,505 Turkey1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
4,249 Cambodia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
15,547 New Zealand36
377,825 Russia17
14,048 Ireland16
84,957 Spain15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,444 Argentina90
6,180 Scotland85
72,056 Italy78
22,440 Belgium74
10,531 Norway72
Countries with hundreds of Roan:
36,063 Brazil318
18,340 England296
14,022 Mexico288
39,125 South Africa128
143,908 India121
28,855 Canada117
21,301 Australia117
75,919 Indonesia111
Countries with thousands of Roan:
9,381 United States3,923
6,108 Philippines2,320
371 Taiwan1,449
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Roan worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on St. Lawrence and arrived on November 13, 1848. Jno. Roan, aged 20, Darley Roan, aged 35, Immigrant James Roan, Hugh Roan (40) Workman, Shoemaker Gennet Roan, 26 years old U Roan, 3 years old Jas. Roan, James Roan, aged 35, and 15 other Roan around 66.67% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Comments

M
Mari Wehner
roan means the native of Rohan locality, located in the Morbihan name of former ducal stronghold.

Roan Namesakes

  • André Roanne, Actor
  • Archibald Roane, Attorney
  • William H. Roane, Former United States Senator
  • Caris Roane, Author
  • André Roanne, Actor
  • André Roanne, Actor
  • André Roanne, Actor
  • Valvin Roane, Singer
  • André Roanne, Actor
  • Levon Roan Thurman-Hawke, Ethan Hawke's son

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