Roeloff Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Roeloff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roeloff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Roeloff (139) may also be a first name.

Roeloff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Roeloff Come From? nationality or country of origin

Roeloff is most common in South Africa. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roeloff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,555,468th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Roeloff live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Roeloff is also the 784,558th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 139 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 1,354,443. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 98 percent live and Gauteng, where 3 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live and The Netherlands, where 9 percent live.

Roeloff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Roeloff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Roeloff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Roeloff surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Roeloff earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 62.29% less than the national average, earning R 89,604 per year and in United States they earn 27.06% less than the national average, earning $31,472 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roeloffs93563/
Roeloffz931/
Roloff9210,061/
Roelof92116/
Reloff921/
Roelofs8610,400/
Rohloff865,930/
Rolloff86274/
Rieloff86124/
Rouloff8629/
Rolhoff864/
Roelofz861/
Rholoff861/
Realoff861/
Roiloff861/
Rolofff861/
Reyloff860/
Roelofe860/
Rolof83340/
Relof831/
Roelofsz80414/
Reitloff802/
Roeloofs801/
Rohlooff801/
Roelofss801/
Royaloff801/
Raetloff800/
Ruloff77435/
Rohlof77140/
Rollof77137/
Rolaff77125/
Raloff7782/
Roulof7782/
Roilof7713/
Roelaf772/
Reelof772/
Rolhof771/
Rielof771/
Roloof770/
Roulouffe751/
Ruloffs7192/
Ruhloff7180/
Reilhof7132/
Rulhoff7131/
Rahloff7121/
Ralloff713/
Rielhof713/
Rutloff711/
Rusloff711/
Rohllof711/
Roelafs711/
Roelova711/
Röloffs711/
Ruloffe710/
Rollaff710/
Rayloff710/
Ruttloff67356/
Rolov67311/
Rolow67208/
Rulof67133/
Rolaf6776/
Ruthloff6722/
Relov6712/
Relaf674/
Rohelova673/
Relow671/
Ralof671/
Ruilloff670/
Roeslauf670/

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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 Roeloff
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