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".
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Roker Religious Adherence
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Roker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roker (Russian: Рокер) occurs more in The Bahamas more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Röker. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roker? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 200,920th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,510,379 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Roker live; 40 percent live in Caribbean and 40 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 856,040th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 119 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The Bahamas, where it is held by 818 people, or 1 in 479. In The Bahamas Roker is most frequent in: New Providence, where 80 percent reside, Grand Bahama, where 14 percent reside and Inagua Islands, where 3 percent reside. Apart from The Bahamas Roker exists in 47 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Russia, where 14 percent reside.
Roker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Roker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Roker last name increased 773 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 5 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Roker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Roker last name are 4.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.52% registered to vote for the 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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