Roele Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Roele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 256 | 1:65,966 | 11,279 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Roelé (6) are calculated separately.
Roele (21) may also be a first name.
Roele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Roele occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Roelé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Roele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Roele is the 908,336th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Roele are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Roele is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 65,966. In The Netherlands Roele is primarily found in: North Holland, where 63 percent reside, Gelderland, where 9 percent reside and North Brabant, where 7 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Roele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Roele has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 2,500 percent between 1881 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
- 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 Roele
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