Roelofse Surname

162,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,680 people bear this surname

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

Roelofse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roelofse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,3541:23,0152,926
Netherlands2291:73,74312,495
England291:1,921,31276,208
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Namibia71:344,20010,409
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Roelofse Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roelofse is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roelofse? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 162,308th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,719,234 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Roelofse are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Roelofse is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,354 people, or 1 in 23,015. In South Africa Roelofse is most common in: Western Cape, where 33 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 9 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Roelofse Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Roelofse earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.1% less than the national average, earning 266,143 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 66.1% more than the national average, earning R 394,716 per year and in United States they earn 30.69% less than the national average, earning $29,906 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roeloffse9458/
Roelofsze941/
Roelofs9310,400/
Roeloffs88563/
Roelofsz88414/
Roelofge884/
Roelofss881/
Roelofze881/
Roeloofs881/
Roeloffze82326/
Roelofz801/
Roelafs801/
Roelloffze781/
Roeloffz751/
Raelobs670/

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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 Roelofse
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