Roeskens Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Roeskens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roeskens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Roeskens Last Name Facts

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

Roeskens has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roeskens? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,185,033rd most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Roeskens live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany Roeskens is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 91 percent reside, Hesse, where 4 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roekens93617/
Roskens93268/
Reyskens88607/
Reeskens88152/
Roeykens88133/
Roeckens8850/
Rooskens8844/
Reuskens8827/
Reijskens822/
Reysekens821/
Röskens8081/
Rüskens8031/
Roskins804/
Raskens802/
Ruskens802/
Rosskins750/
Rozkins677/
Ruskins676/
Raskins676/
Raekins672/
Ruskinse631/
Rushkins631/
Rajuskins592/
Razkins531/

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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 Roeskens
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