Roston Family History
Roston Name Meaning
habitational name from a place in Derbyshire, recorded
in Domesday Book as Roschintone, possibly ‘estate (Old English
tun) associated with Hrothsige’, an Old English
personal name.variant of Rosson.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Roston Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Roston families
 8 - 14  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Roston families
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39 - 75 14 - 38 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Roston Family Origin
Roston Immigration Information
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Roston Family Occupations
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