Roekens Surname
Approximately 617 people bear this surname
Roekens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 452 | 1:25,435 | 4,030 |
| France | 116 | 1:572,610 | 77,014 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Roekens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roekens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roekens is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Roekens.
How Common Is The Last Name Roekens? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 525,631st most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 11,811,258 people. The last name Roekens is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Roekens reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Roekens is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is borne by 452 people, or 1 in 25,435. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 76 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 19 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Belgium it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roeykens | 93 | 133 | / |
| Roeckens | 93 | 50 | / |
| Roeskens | 93 | 38 | / |
| Rekens | 92 | 8 | / |
| Rokens | 92 | 6 | / |
| Roukens | 86 | 381 | / |
| Riekens | 86 | 98 | / |
| Rockens | 86 | 97 | / |
| Reckens | 86 | 8 | / |
| Reikens | 86 | 6 | / |
| Reekens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rieckens | 80 | 44 | / |
| Reuskens | 80 | 27 | / |
| Reijkens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Reickens | 80 | 0 | / |
| Rokins | 77 | 63 | / |
| Rakens | 77 | 8 | / |
| Rekins | 77 | 0 | / |
| Reijskens | 75 | 2 | / |
| Rijkens | 71 | 427 | / |
| Ruykens | 71 | 64 | / |
| Rutkens | 71 | 49 | / |
| Rockins | 71 | 25 | / |
| Reckins | 71 | 18 | / |
| Rakensh | 71 | 17 | / |
| Rackens | 71 | 7 | / |
| Rookins | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ruckens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ruskens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Raekins | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ruikens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Requens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ryekins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Recns | 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
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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 Roekens
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