Roersma Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Roersma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roersma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3601:46,9097,995
United States1121:3,236,240185,654
Canada461:800,99162,809
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Roersma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Roersma is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Roersma.

How Common Is The Last Name Roersma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 592,650th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Roersma are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 46,909. In The Netherlands Roersma is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 47 percent live, North Holland, where 20 percent live and South Holland, where 10 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Roersma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Roersma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Roersma surname expanded 2,240 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Roersma Last Name Statistics demography

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

The amount Roersma earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.21% more than the national average, earning $46,259 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.34% more than the national average, earning $51,838 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Reirsma861/
Ruwersma8067/
Rersmi771/
Rewiersma7510/
Ririsma7116/
Roehrsheim713/
Rerysom711/
Roorsom710/
Rarasama673/
Rerisamy671/
Rarsamma671/
Rohrsheim6365/
Rirsimaah632/
Rwarisima631/
Rheryssom631/
Rarsam621/
Rursom621/
Rorcem621/
Rerriswami591/
Rarsimm571/
Rirasam571/
Ruurs-Weima561/
Rurusamy533/
Raryasam531/
Röhrsheim5077/

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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 Roersma
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