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
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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 more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roll? popularity and diffusion
Roll is the 29,992nd most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 408,999 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Roll are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Roll is also the 271,017th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 898 people.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 7,456 people, or 1 in 48,613. In The United States Roll is most common in: Ohio, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Indiana, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 98 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 26 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
Roll Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Roll has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roll last name increased 559 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 156 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Roll Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Roll surname are 13.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.69% registered to vote for the 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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