Roulston is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Roulston
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Roulston

How popular is Roulston?

Roulston is ranked 111446 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Roulstons plummeted by 21.8254 per cent to 394 since 2000 and slipped by 11786 spots and ranked at 52619. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.58 94.25
Hispanic or Latino 4.82 0.99
Others 3.05 1.19
Black 2.28 2.18
Roulston is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Canada. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Northern Ireland. Around 3661 people have been found who wears Roulston as their family name. Roulston is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
9,097 Wales3
20,186 Kenya2
91,024 Belgium1
277,603 France1
40,340 Malaysia1
49,529 Israel1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
24,176 Qatar1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,790 Ireland71
2,783 Jamaica71
Countries with hundreds of Roulston:
5,687 Canada766
41,675 United States663
5,208 Australia574
12,579 England479
1,772 New Zealand424
897 Northern Ireland358
4,630 Scotland125
43,624 South Africa110

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Roulston worked as mechanic and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on March 1, 1849. Grocer Thomas Roulston, 25 years old Samuel Roulston, 18 years old Joseph Roulston, John Roulston (26) Immigrant, Immigrant Mary Roulston, 10 years old James Roulston, Mary Roulston (7), David Roulston (Born at sea) Infant, and 1 other Roulston around 40% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Roulston Namesakes

    Hayden Roulston, New Zealand former professional racing cyclist
  • Marjorie Hillis Roulston, Author
  • Rolly Roulston, Ice hockey player
  • Hayden Roulston, Cyclist

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