Roef Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Roef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3361:34,2165,560
Netherlands541:312,72536,782
United States131:27,881,456736,413
France51:13,284,544357,392
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Roef (79) may also be a first name.

Roef Last Name Facts

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

The last name Roef (Russian: Роеф) occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Roef? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 703,644th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Roef live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe. Roef is also the 1,083,225th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 79 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 336 people, or 1 in 34,216. In Belgium Roef is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Belgium this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Roef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Roef has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roef last name rose 186 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Roef Last Name Statistics demography

Roef earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.54% less than the national average, earning $30,403 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roefs891,298/
Roefe8929/
Rouef898/
Roeff898/
Royef891/
Rohef891/
Roesf891/
Roehf890/
Roueff8035/
Roeffs804/
Raouef804/
Roieef803/
Roweft801/
Rohefe801/
Rohief801/
Roeffe800/
Rouf7558,588/
Reif7518,431/
Roof758,474/
Rief754,005/
Raef753,001/
Reef751,772/
Roev751,339/
Ruef751,271/
Rowf751,150/
Roif75523/
Rejf75175/
Reyf75131/
Royf7547/
Reuf7521/
Roew7520/
Reaf7515/
Rojf755/
Rovf751/
Ryef751/
Royjeff732/
Reiff679,923/
Rueff672,033/
Roofe67911/
Rieff67852/
Rouff67825/
Roufs67671/
Rooff67503/
Reifs67389/
Rahef67242/
Reuff67154/
Reeff67138/
Raief67127/
Reyff67124/
Rouif67119/
Roufe67103/
Roife6779/
Roiff6755/
Reift6753/
Reife6750/
Reyef6750/
Raeff6737/
Raiof6735/
Royfe6734/
Rojaf6731/
Raoif6724/
Rohif6718/
Rohuf6718/
Reafs6717/
Rayef6714/
Rhoof6712/
Rayof6710/
Rehaf678/
Reyfe678/
Royev677/
Rauef677/
Raefe677/
Rowwf677/
Reyaf676/
Rejaf675/
Rooev674/
Rhouf674/
Reafe673/
Rzoev673/
Roufh673/
Rajef673/
Roiaf673/
Royaf672/
Royif672/
Rojew672/
Reefh672/
Rohev671/
Ryeff671/
Rouft671/
Routf671/
Readf671/
Reasf671/
Reehf671/
Rievf671/
Rawef671/
Rojif671/
Roieb671/
Reufe671/
Reisf671/
Roaif671/
Reief671/
Rejff671/
Rhief671/
Reyuf671/
Rojeb671/
Roohf671/
Rowff671/
Rouev671/
Rouvf671/
Ra'ef671/
Hroof671/
Raaef671/
Roiif671/
Royof671/
Rujof671/
Reyfs671/
Reyjf671/
Rheef671/
Reufs670/
Reaff670/
Roeph670/
Roupf670/
Riefh670/
Royff670/

Roef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roef in the Russian language
Роефroef-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Roef
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