Roker Surname
Approximately 2,076 people bear this surname
Roker Surname Definition:
(Anglo-Scand.) 1 Spinner; or, as spinning was essentially a feminine occupation, rather Distaff-Maker [Middle English roker, rockere, from Middle English rok, rock(e, Old Norse rokk-r (Dano-Norwegian rok) = Dutch rok, rokken, a distaff; with the agential suff.
Read More About This SurnameRoker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahamas | 818 | 1:479 | 102 |
| United States | 541 | 1:669,980 | 53,416 |
| Russia | 286 | 1:503,927 | 46,379 |
| England | 123 | 1:452,992 | 29,924 |
| Australia | 71 | 1:380,221 | 31,281 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| New Zealand | 34 | 1:133,186 | 15,994 |
| Kazakhstan | 32 | 1:552,578 | 39,450 |
| Belarus | 29 | 1:327,623 | 35,686 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | 1:4,291 | 379 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 129 | 1:188,956 | 15,351 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 1:717,410 | 46,098 |
The alternate forms: Röker (87) are calculated separately.
Roker (119) may also be a first name.
Roker Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-Scand.) 1 Spinner; or, as spinning was essentially a feminine occupation, rather Distaff-Maker [Middle English roker, rockere, from Middle English rok, rock(e, Old Norse rokk-r (Dano-Norwegian rok) = Dutch rok, rokken, a distaff; with the agential suff. -er] Ralph le Roker.—Hundred Rolls 2 belonging to Roker (Durham) = (apparently) the Roe-MArsh [Middle English ro, Old Norse (and Old English) rá, a roe + Northern English ker(r, Old Norse kiarr, a moss, marsh]: cp. the Yorks place-name Rawmarsh. But early forms are desirable.
User-submitted Reference
The name Rooker could be a Dutch name. In Dutch rook is 'smoke'. A roker (or in old Dutch rooker) could be someone who smokes meat or fish in order to preserve them. Someone who did this work could have named himself "Rooker".
- jeroenstobbe76Roker Demographics
Average Roker Salary in
United States
$38,880 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Roker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roker (Russian: Рокер) has its highest incidence in The Bahamas. It may also be found in the variant forms: Röker. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roker? popularity and diffusion
The last name Roker is the 200,920th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 3,510,379 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Roker are found; 40 percent are found in Caribbean and 40 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean. Roker is also the 856,040th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 119 people.
Roker is most commonly held in The Bahamas, where it is carried by 818 people, or 1 in 479. In The Bahamas it is primarily found in: New Providence, where 80 percent live, Grand Bahama, where 14 percent live and Inagua Islands, where 3 percent live. Outside of The Bahamas it occurs in 47 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Russia, where 14 percent live.
Roker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Roker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Roker last name grew 773 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 5 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Roker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Roker surname is principally Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Roker last name are 4.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.52% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Roker earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.89% less than the national average, earning $38,880 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.02% less than the national average, earning $47,684 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roker in the Russian language | ||
| Рокер | roker | - |
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