Roelf Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Roelf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 492 | 1:110,117 | 13,252 |
| Namibia | 141 | 1:17,088 | 3,038 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Roelf (2,609) may also be a first name.
Roelf Demographics
Average Roelf Salary in
United States
$55,589 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Roelf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roelf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Roelf is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roelf? popularity and diffusion
It is the 497,847th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 11,008,378 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Roelf are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Roelf is also the 143,918th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,609 people.
The surname Roelf is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 492 people, or 1 in 110,117. In South Africa Roelf is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 84 percent live, Northern Cape, where 8 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Roelf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Roelf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roelf last name expanded 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Roelf Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Roelf earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 23.45% less than the national average, earning R 181,908 per year and in United States they earn 28.83% more than the national average, earning $55,589 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roelfs | 91 | 651 | / |
| Roelff | 91 | 2 | / |
| Roelfe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Rolf | 89 | 10,875 | / |
| Relf | 89 | 3,268 | / |
| Roelfsz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rolff | 80 | 874 | / |
| Rollf | 80 | 294 | / |
| Roolf | 80 | 182 | / |
| Relfe | 80 | 163 | / |
| Realf | 80 | 80 | / |
| Rolhf | 80 | 28 | / |
| Rielf | 80 | 23 | / |
| Ruelf | 80 | 17 | / |
| Relff | 80 | 10 | / |
| Roulf | 80 | 4 | / |
| Rholf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Reelf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rellf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Reulf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Riolf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ryolf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rolfh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Relfs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Rlf | 75 | 6 | / |
| Reelfs | 73 | 117 | / |
| Realff | 73 | 62 | / |
| Roelph | 73 | 22 | / |
| Reilef | 73 | 21 | / |
| Reylef | 73 | 5 | / |
| Rholff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Roulfs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Realfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Relffe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rehlfs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Roolfe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rulf | 67 | 821 | / |
| Realffe | 67 | 51 | / |
| Rölf | 67 | 20 | / |
| Rouelph | 67 | 11 | / |
| Rülf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Reyleff | 67 | 4 | / |
| Rlfs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rlfh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rlfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rhlf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Relb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rylf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rlef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rlhf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rilf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Roulhfs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Roelphs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Roelf
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