Roll Surname
Approximately 17,818 people bear this surname
Roll Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ralph,' i.e. Randolph or Radulph, from the Norman-the French Raoul, the diminutive of which was Raoul-in, whence our Rawlins and Rawlinsons, also in some cases our Rollins and Rollinsons; v.
Read More About This SurnameRoll Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,456 | 1:48,613 | 5,894 |
| Germany | 4,712 | 1:17,085 | 2,254 |
| Philippines | 627 | 1:161,464 | 26,578 |
| England | 532 | 1:104,733 | 10,973 |
| France | 461 | 1:144,084 | 22,250 |
| Australia | 380 | 1:71,041 | 8,403 |
| Russia | 360 | 1:400,342 | 38,677 |
| Brazil | 305 | 1:701,883 | 25,770 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Austria | 241 | 1:35,334 | 5,694 |
| Canada | 238 | 1:154,813 | 15,712 |
| Argentina | 232 | 1:184,239 | 15,398 |
| Norway | 215 | 1:23,918 | 3,143 |
| Czechia | 182 | 1:58,426 | 9,784 |
| Poland | 149 | 1:255,092 | 31,940 |
| Hungary | 125 | 1:78,530 | 7,915 |
| Sweden | 120 | 1:82,056 | 6,066 |
| Afghanistan | 107 | 1:300,497 | 4,774 |
| Cuba | 106 | 1:108,705 | 3,127 |
| Netherlands | 106 | 1:159,313 | 23,533 |
| India | 103 | 1:7,447,237 | 161,200 |
| South Africa | 98 | 1:552,834 | 43,423 |
| Luxembourg | 90 | 1:6,450 | 965 |
| Denmark | 71 | 1:79,503 | 7,759 |
| Spain | 63 | 1:742,096 | 31,639 |
| Switzerland | 51 | 1:161,038 | 15,036 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Belarus | 19 | 1:500,056 | 46,922 |
| Panama | 19 | 1:205,908 | 5,804 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| East Timor | 9 | 1:135,103 | 179 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 303 | 1:80,447 | 8,644 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,334 | 1:37,645 | 4,467 |
Roll (898) may also be a first name.
Roll Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ralph,' i.e. Randolph or Radulph, from the Norman-the French Raoul, the diminutive of which was Raoul-in, whence our Rawlins and Rawlinsons, also in some cases our Rollins and Rollinsons; v. Rawlin.
Raoul Partrer: v. Index, Wars of English in France in the reign of Henry.
Raoul le Saige: ibid.
Rolls, Rolles, or Rowles, are genitive forms; compare Williams for William, or Jenkins for Jenkin.
1589. John Rolles, or Rowle, Devon: Register of the University of Oxford.
1504. Henry Rolle, or Rowles, Devon: ibid.
1611-2. Giles Rowles and Mary Stapley: Marriage Lic. (London).
1647. Thomas Rolles (Devon) and Florence Rolles: ibid.
Forms of the Old French Roul (mod. Raoul, which, however, really represents Ralph or Ralf), for Rolf, Rodolf, q.v.
Rolle is not nearly so common a surname in France as the deriv. Rollet.
Cp. Rowell (Anglo-French-Teut.)
Peter and William Roeles, Normandy 1198; William de Rodolio 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Girald de Roel, t. Phil. Augustus; Robert Rolle, Matilda Rolles, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Roll Demographics
Average Male Roll Height
175.55 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Roll Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roll Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roll (Marathi: रॉल, Russian: Ролл) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roll? popularity and diffusion
The last name Roll is the 29,992nd most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 408,999 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Roll live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 271,017th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 898 people.
The last name Roll is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 7,456 people, or 1 in 48,613. In The United States it is most numerous in: Ohio, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Indiana, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 98 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 26 percent are found and The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.
Roll Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Roll has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Roll surname rose 559 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 156 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Roll Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Roll are 13.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.69% registered with the political party.
The amount Roll earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.51% more than the national average, earning 479,346 kr per year; in Peru they earn 245.98% more than the national average, earning S/. 67,068 per year; in South Africa they earn 64.73% more than the national average, earning R 391,464 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.64% more than the national average, earning $26,481,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.37% more than the national average, earning $44,603 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.12% more than the national average, earning $56,698 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roll Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roll in the Marathi language | ||
| रॉल | rola | - |
| Roll in the Russian language | ||
| Ролл | roll | - |
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