de Rooij Surname

62,036th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,097 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Rooij Surname User-submission:

This is a Dutch surname, meaning 'red', given to a red-haired person.

de Rooij 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
Netherlands7,7641:2,175143
Thailand551:1,284,334183,539
Belgium481:239,51329,891
France311:2,142,668174,004
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Sweden141:703,34052,204
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
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de Rooij Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Dutch surname, meaning 'red', given to a red-haired person.

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de Rooij Demographics

Average de Rooij Salary in
South Africa

R 449,532

Per year
Rank:
21,915 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
8.96878E-5
Rank: 67,954 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
189.17%
Sample size: 5 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

de Rooij Last Name Facts

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

de Rooij is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 62,036th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 900,030 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of de Rooij are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 7,764 people, or 1 in 2,175. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 32 percent reside, South Holland, where 21 percent reside and North Holland, where 16 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 37 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

de Rooij Last Name Statistics demography

de Rooij earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.17% more than the national average, earning R 449,532 per year.

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