Roems Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

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

Roems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roems Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1431:378,86533,977
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288

Roems Last Name Facts

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

Roems has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roems? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Roems live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 378,865. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 97 percent live, Gauteng, where 2 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent live. Other than South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent live.

Roems Last Name Statistics demography

Roems earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.5% less than the national average, earning R 139,008 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roehms910/
Rems89913/
Roms89212/
Roesems83316/
Reams806,663/
Rooms801,377/
Reems80356/
Reims80342/
Rehms80260/
Riems8060/
Roens8043/
Remsh8030/
Romsø8015/
Rhems8014/
Romås809/
Romss806/
Remås805/
Rohms804/
Remms804/
Roums803/
Reums802/
Raems802/
Romms801/
Reyms801/
Rhoms801/
Ruems801/
Roessems771/
Rhooms73622/
Rheams73512/
Rheims73196/
Rhuems73109/
Reihms7335/
Remsch7318/
Rohims7310/
Roohms7310/
Rheems734/
Rheums733/
Rhomms732/
Reimsh731/
Reimsz731/
Roense731/
Rieams731/
Reamse731/
Rhoens730/
Riehms730/
Rhiems730/
Rouims730/
Roehns730/
Reeams730/
Rams675,586/
Roensch67423/
Remz67103/
Raemsch6792/
Räms6742/
Roijens6729/
Romz6711/
Rums678/
Roesens673/
Reimsch671/
Reamsch671/
Roetens671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Roems
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