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Where Does The Last Name Roest Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Roest is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roest? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 88,439^th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,341,595 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Roest are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762^nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 16 people.

The last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 4,366 people, or 1 in 3,868. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 34 percent are found, North Holland, where 20 percent are found and Utrecht, where 12 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Denmark, where 3 percent are found.

Roest Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Roest has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 2,955 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Roest Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Roest surname are 13.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.23% registered with the political party.

The amount Roest earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 16.93% more than the national average, earning R 277,872 per year; in United States they earn 10.83% more than the national average, earning $47,822 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.24% more than the national average, earning $56,757 CAD per year.