Roeffs Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Roeffs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Roeffs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roeffs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roeffs is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roeffs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Roeffs are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Roeffs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Roeffs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roeffs last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roefs | 91 | 1,298 | / |
| Reffs | 91 | 96 | / |
| Roeff | 91 | 8 | / |
| Roffs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Reiffs | 83 | 68 | / |
| Rieffs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Roeffe | 83 | 0 | / |
| Roef | 80 | 418 | / |
| Refs | 80 | 3 | / |
| Rofs | 80 | 3 | / |
| Royjeff | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rohiffs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Roufs | 73 | 671 | / |
| Reifs | 73 | 389 | / |
| Raffs | 73 | 62 | / |
| Reefs | 73 | 52 | / |
| Raeff | 73 | 37 | / |
| Roefe | 73 | 29 | / |
| Reafs | 73 | 17 | / |
| Roofs | 73 | 13 | / |
| Riefs | 73 | 11 | / |
| Rohfs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ruffs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Rohef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rofsz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Reyfs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Roesf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rowfs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ruefs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Roehf | 73 | 0 | / |
| Reufs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rohifs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rojevs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Refsås | 67 | 3 | / |
| Reeyfs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rohief | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rouifs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rohefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roifes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Reifes | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Roeffs
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