Roeby Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Roeby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roeby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Roeby (120) may also be a first name.

Roeby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roeby occurs most in Australia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roeby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Roeby are found; 75 percent are found in Australasia and 75 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 852,104th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 120 people.

Roeby is most widely held in Australia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,249,642. In Australia Roeby is primarily found in: South Australia, where 83 percent live, New South Wales, where 8 percent live and Victoria, where 8 percent live. Outside of Australia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roebay913/
Roebey910/
Roby8922,848/
Reby891,920/
Robey809,942/
Rouby804,138/
Rebay801,592/
Robay80422/
Reeby80211/
Reboy80192/
Rebey80147/
Rebyi80130/
Rebhy80122/
Rehby8064/
Reaby8057/
Reuby8056/
Robhy8037/
Roebe8029/
Rhoby8027/
Rueby8025/
Roboy8017/
Rebiy8016/
Reiby8016/
Rejby8013/
Rebuy807/
Åreby804/
Rieby802/
Robuy802/
Rebyh801/
Rebyy801/
Royby801/
Rohby800/
Rheby800/
Roeber731,744/
Rheuby73430/
Reasby73104/
Roubey7350/
Roueba7348/
Rebehy7322/
Robaay739/
Roebai738/
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Hrebay733/
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Reebey732/
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Rhoebe731/
Roiaby731/
Raeboy731/
Rouvey731/
Reybay731/
Rousby731/
Hrobyi731/
Reabey730/
Rehbuy730/
Robi6729,653/
Raby6719,012/
Robe677,688/
Rebe671,456/
Rebi671,289/
Roubych6712/
Réby675/
Rojabhy675/
Rouebeh672/
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Riggeby671/
Reebaay671/
Rojiboy671/
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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
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  • 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 Roeby
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