Roels Surname
Approximately 7,395 people bear this surname
Roels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 5,570 | 1:2,064 | 145 |
| France | 701 | 1:94,754 | 13,785 |
| Netherlands | 527 | 1:32,044 | 5,328 |
| United States | 326 | 1:1,111,837 | 80,317 |
| Canada | 77 | 1:478,514 | 41,057 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Roels (17) may also be a first name.
Roels Demographics
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Roels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roels Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roels is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roels? popularity and diffusion
It is the 67,315th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 985,469 people. The surname Roels occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Roels live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe. Roels is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 17 people.
The surname Roels is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 5,570 people, or 1 in 2,064. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent live, Walloon Region, where 6 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Belgium it occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in France, where 9 percent live and The Netherlands, where 7 percent live.
Roels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Roels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roels last name expanded 8,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Roels Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Roels are 15.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.12% being registered with the political party.
The amount Roels earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.98% less than the national average, earning R 154,512 per year; in United States they earn 21.72% more than the national average, earning $52,519 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.99% less than the national average, earning $39,752 CAD per year.
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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 Roels
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