Roelfs Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Roelfs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 365 | 1:993,038 | 73,486 |
| Netherlands | 167 | 1:101,121 | 16,397 |
| Germany | 107 | 1:752,387 | 56,374 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Roelfs Demographics
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Roelfs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roelfs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roelfs occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roelfs? popularity and diffusion
Roelfs is the 504,389th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,194,387 people. The surname Roelfs occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Roelfs live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Roelfs is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 365 people, or 1 in 993,038. In The United States Roelfs is most numerous in: Iowa, where 31 percent live, Kansas, where 15 percent live and Nebraska, where 12 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 26 percent live and Germany, where 16 percent live.
Roelfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Roelfs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Roelfs surname increased 1,217 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Roelfs Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Roelfs last name are 37.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.31% being registered to vote for the political party.
Roelfs earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.63% more than the national average, earning $47,305 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roelfse | 92 | 423 | / |
| Roelfsz | 92 | 1 | / |
| Rolfs | 91 | 2,600 | / |
| Roelf | 91 | 662 | / |
| Relfs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Roolfs | 83 | 252 | / |
| Rolffs | 83 | 153 | / |
| Reelfs | 83 | 117 | / |
| Rollfs | 83 | 49 | / |
| Ruelfs | 83 | 33 | / |
| Rholfs | 83 | 4 | / |
| Roelff | 83 | 2 | / |
| Roelfe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Roulfs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rolhfs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Rehlfs | 83 | 0 | / |
| Rlfs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Roulhfs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Roelphs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rulfs | 73 | 183 | / |
| Rölfs | 73 | 3 | / |
| Raulfs | 67 | 171 | / |
| Rulffs | 67 | 47 | / |
| Roelph | 67 | 22 | / |
| Rolphs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ruhlfs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rullfs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Relphs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rlbs | 60 | 1 | / |
| Rlvs | 60 | 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 Roelfs
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