de Roef Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Roef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Roef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
France11:66,422,722504,397

de Roef Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Roef Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Roef is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Roef? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Roef is the 6,063,924th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of de Roef are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Roef is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,277,405. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Belgium de Roef exists in one country. It is also common in France, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Raef8634/
de Reef861/
de Reyff8025/
de Reiff801/
de Row775/
de Rouw71693/
de Rufz716/
de Ruff711/
de Roov711/
de Ruif711/
de Rauw57202/
da Rauf571/
da Reejw531/
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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 de Roef
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