de Roij Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Roij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Roij 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
Netherlands2461:68,64711,709
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England31:18,572,686338,250
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

de Roij Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Roij is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname de Roij is the 966,131st most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Roij are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 246 people, or 1 in 68,647. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 69 percent live, South Holland, where 9 percent live and Utrecht, where 7 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

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 Rooij938,097/
de Roi9213/
de Rij921/
de Rooije881/
de Rojo86230/
de Roia86226/
de Roja86194/
de Roit86111/
de Rijp8662/
de Rijs8618/
de Reij8612/
de Rijo864/
de Roiz862/
de Rois861/
de Rijt861/
de Roiy861/
de Rooj861/
de Ro83294/
de Ri832/
de Rojas801,388/
de Rioja80162/
de Raaij80137/
de Rijdt8093/
de Ruijt8042/
de Rijst8020/
de Rooji802/
de Roias801/
de Rooii801/
de Reijt801/
De Rijie801/
de Roo775,610/
de Roy771,774/
de Rop77958/
de Ros77722/
de Roa77539/
de Riz77401/
de Rie77152/
de Rui7775/
de Rio7770/
de Rot7758/
de Roe7739/
de Rho7729/
de Ris7723/
de Rei7723/
de Rai7716/
de Rox7715/
de Raj7715/
de Roz773/
de Rej773/
de Roc772/
de Rid771/
de Ric771/
de Rit771/
de Rou771/
de Rod771/
de Reijdt752/
de Roos714,276/
de Rooy713,455/
de Roux71485/
da Roit71469/
de Ross71211/
de Ruiz71195/
de Rous71185/
de Reis71157/
de Rodt71116/
de Roey7189/
de Roye7189/
de Roys7136/
de Roch7123/
de Ruos7120/
de Ruit7114/
da Roja719/
de Rood718/
de Rais717/
de Rowe716/
des Raj715/
de Rayo714/
de Roth714/
de Roya714/
di Roio714/
de Rout714/
de Rouz714/
de Reid713/
de Rots713/
de Reje712/
de Ropp711/
de Rajo711/
de Ruis711/
de Reit711/
de Roop711/
de Rott711/
de Rotz711/
de Rouy711/
de Royo711/
de Rich711/
de Rosh711/
de Rost711/
de Re671,101/
de Roche67692/
de Reggi67199/
de Roost67107/
de Roodt67100/
de Raujo6765/
de Ré6742/
de Roosz6720/
de Roust6714/
de Rouet6713/
de Routh6713/
de Royes676/
De Roush675/
des Roys674/
de Ry674/
des Reis674/
der Ross674/
de Rouch673/
de Rê673/
de Rosch673/
de Riche672/
de Ra672/
de Rejas672/
de Rè672/
der Rohe671/
da Ri671/
da Ro671/
der Rost671/
de Royas671/
de Royet671/
de Ruitz671/
de Raish671/
De-Rojas671/
de Raais671/
da Roias671/
da Rojas671/
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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 Roij
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