Roelofs Surname
Approximately 10,400 people bear this surname
Roelofs Surname Definition:
From Old German Hrodulf (Rudolf) - meaning Hrod (Fame) and Wolf.
Roelofs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 7,539 | 1:2,240 | 147 |
| United States | 1,431 | 1:253,291 | 24,042 |
| Germany | 492 | 1:163,629 | 19,388 |
| Australia | 393 | 1:68,691 | 8,159 |
| Belgium | 138 | 1:83,309 | 13,076 |
| Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
| Thailand | 89 | 1:793,689 | 128,670 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 1:652,191 | 42,935 |
Roelofs Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From Old German Hrodulf (Rudolf) - meaning Hrod (Fame) and Wolf.
Roelofs Demographics
Average Roelofs Salary in
United States
$48,192 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Roelofs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roelofs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roelofs occurs most in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Roelofs.
How Common Is The Last Name Roelofs? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 49,465th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 700,726 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Roelofs live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 7,539 people, or 1 in 2,240. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Gelderland, where 32 percent reside, Overijssel, where 17 percent reside and North Brabant, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.
Roelofs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Roelofs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Roelofs surname grew 1,858 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Roelofs Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Roelofs surname are 26.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.49% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Roelofs earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.03% less than the national average, earning 287,147 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 25.8% more than the national average, earning R 298,944 per year; in United States they earn 11.69% more than the national average, earning $48,192 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.57% more than the national average, earning $53,942 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roelofse | 93 | 2,680 | / |
| Roeloffs | 93 | 563 | / |
| Roelofsz | 93 | 414 | / |
| Roeloofs | 93 | 1 | / |
| Roelofss | 93 | 1 | / |
| Rolofs | 92 | 174 | / |
| Roelof | 92 | 116 | / |
| Roeloffse | 88 | 58 | / |
| Roelofsze | 88 | 1 | / |
| Roeloff | 86 | 57 | / |
| Roloffs | 86 | 14 | / |
| Rollofs | 86 | 2 | / |
| Roelafs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ruelofs | 86 | 1 | / |
| Roelofz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Roelofe | 86 | 0 | / |
| Roeloffz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rulofs | 77 | 296 | / |
| Rolefs | 77 | 66 | / |
| Rolovs | 77 | 6 | / |
| Roelaf | 77 | 2 | / |
| Rolafs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ruloffs | 71 | 92 | / |
| Röloffs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Roelova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Raelobs | 71 | 0 | / |
| Rollows | 71 | 0 | / |
| Rohelova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rohleffs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Roeslauf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Raetloff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rolavs | 62 | 34 | / |
| Rulovs | 62 | 23 | / |
| Rollevs | 57 | 7 | / |
| Rađelov | 57 | 1 | / |
| Hrulovs | 57 | 1 | / |
| Roailobh | 53 | 2 | / |
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