Roets Surname

54,082nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,422 people bear this surname

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

Roets Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'fame' in Dutch.

Roets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7,7191:7,019905
Belgium7101:16,1922,487
United States5791:626,00950,526
England721:773,86242,299
Argentina711:602,02042,723
France451:1,476,060142,161
Australia411:658,43245,385
Netherlands331:511,73348,115
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Roets (12) may also be a first name.

Roets Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'fame' in Dutch.

- joe

Roets Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roets occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Roets? popularity and diffusion

Roets is the 54,082nd most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 773,461 people. The last name Roets occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Roets are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Roets is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name at a global level, held by 12 people.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 7,719 people, or 1 in 7,019. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 41 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found and Limpopo, where 10 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Roets Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Roets has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Roets surname expanded 3,619 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Roets Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Roets last name are 19.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.39% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Roets earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.39% more than the national average, earning R 397,788 per year; in United States they earn 18.83% more than the national average, earning $51,273 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.02% more than the national average, earning $51,682 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roedts9161/
Rowets9114/
Roetts910/
Roes893,660/
Rots89746/
Roet89612/
Roetsch8397/
Roest805,432/
Roots804,682/
Roese802,204/
Raets801,214/
Roetz80770/
Roess80739/
Roths80586/
Roeth80549/
Rodts80543/
Roete80307/
Roett80276/
Routs80135/
Reits80118/
Reets8079/
Rotts8065/
Roesz8059/
Reuts8059/
Hrots8042/
Rooet8041/
Roits8037/
Rotås8029/
Reyts8026/
Roesh8022/
Roehs8019/
Rohet8017/
Reats8014/
Riets8011/
Rhoes808/
Ruets805/
Rohes803/
Royts801/
Rooes801/
Rhoet801/
Rotsh800/
Roetzsch771/
Roetsche771/
Roe7555,836/
Roesch737,873/
Raedts73510/
Roethe73229/
Rooths73121/
Hreits7398/
Reeths7395/
Reites7382/
Reiths7331/
Roehse7330/
Rhoese7325/
Reitås7324/
Reates7322/
Rouits7322/
Rohesh7321/
Reitts7313/
Roodts7313/
Rowetz7310/
Reutse737/
Royiet737/
Rohits736/
Roette736/
Reaths736/
Reytts734/
Roesse733/
Reytes733/
Roheit732/
Rhoeds732/
Reytss731/
Raeths731/
Rheits731/
Rootse731/
Rootts731/
Roechs731/
Roecsh731/
Roeshe731/
Roheds731/
Rohetz731/
Roddts731/
Reetts731/
Roytsh731/
Rooies731/
Rohess731/
Rrohes731/
Rehyts731/
Rodtts731/
Rhoest730/
Roetch730/
Rootss730/
Reutsh730/
Reatts730/
Rohe678,344/
Raes677,880/
Roed672,231/
Roez671,507/
Rietsch671,440/
Ruts671,403/
Ruetsch671,349/
Roer67839/
Raet67618/
Roey67396/
Roitsch67373/
Roep67334/
Rhoe67320/
Raetsch67184/
Reitsch6791/
Roee6776/
Rooe6767/
Rods6751/
Roea6734/
Roggetz6734/
Raggets6730/
Reatsch6716/
Reggets6716/
Roetche6711/
Roec6711/
Reathes6710/
Roeß678/
Räts678/
Reutsch675/
Rotc674/
Roecsch673/
Reittes673/
Roesche672/
Rgoe672/
Hroe671/
Reetsch671/
Roigies671/
D'Roess671/
Ruoe670/
Hroesch670/
Routsch670/
Reichts670/
Roestch670/
Roedsch670/

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