Rockenberg Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rockenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rockenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Rockenberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rockenberg is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rockenberg.

How Common Is The Last Name Rockenberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,776,799th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. Rockenberg occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Rockenberg are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 1,712,882. In Germany Rockenberg is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 6 percent live. Not including Germany Rockenberg exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live.

Rockenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rockenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rockenberg surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Rockenberg
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