Roloff Surname

50,970th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,061 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Roloff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roloff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,4171:14,8621,938
United States2,6421:137,19114,339
Brazil1,2681:168,8286,524
Poland1761:215,95928,266
Canada1241:297,14227,584
Denmark841:67,1996,734
Chile541:326,2319,231
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
France361:1,845,076161,051
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Austria241:354,81038,119
England211:2,653,24194,788
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Paraguay151:482,4506,463
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Cuba91:1,280,3027,343
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3641:137,96313,058

Roloff (28) may also be a first name.

Roloff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roloff (Russian: Ролофф) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Roloff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Roloff is the 50,970th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 724,336 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Roloff are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 28 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 5,417 people, or 1 in 14,862. In Germany Roloff is mostly concentrated in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 18 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live. Other than Germany it is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.

Roloff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Roloff has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 726 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Roloff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Roloff last name are 15.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.92% registered with the party.

The amount Roloff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.4% more than the national average, earning R 345,516 per year; in United States they earn 6.7% more than the national average, earning $46,039 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.31% less than the national average, earning $46,547 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rohloff925,930/
Rolloff92274/
Rosloff9259/
Roeloff9257/
Rouloff9229/
Roloffs9214/
Roloffe9212/
Rolhoff924/
Rolofff921/
Roiloff921/
Rholoff921/
Rotloff920/
Rolof91340/
Rottloff86158/
Rosloffs863/
Rohlooff861/
Ruolloff860/
Ruloff83435/
Rolofs83174/
Rohlof83140/
Rollof83137/
Rolaff83125/
Roelof83116/
Raloff8382/
Roulof8382/
Roslof8313/
Roilof8313/
Rolofe834/
Roloft831/
Rolhof831/
Reloff831/
Roloof830/
Roloffová803/
Roulouffe801/
Ruloffs7792/
Ruhloff7780/
Rulhoff7731/
Rahloff7721/
Ratloff775/
Ralloff773/
Rollofs772/
Rusloff771/
Rosloof771/
Rutloff771/
Rohllof771/
Röloffs771/
Rollaff770/
Ruloffe770/
Rolov73311/
Rolow73208/
Rulof73133/
Rolaf7376/
Ralof731/
Relof731/
Ruttloff71356/
Rolauffs7144/
Rathloff7135/
Ruthloff7122/
Rolofová711/
Ruilloff710/
Roslov671,029/
Rulofs67296/
Rolova67287/
Rollow67245/
Rullof6783/
Roslow6750/
Rollov6742/
Rolowa6738/
Rolauf6737/
Roloph6727/
Rulaff6721/
Rulhof6716/
Roliow6713/
Rallof677/
Rolovs676/
Roylov673/
Reelof672/
Roelaf672/
Rolyov672/
Rolgov671/
Rohlofová671/
Raslof671/
Ratlof670/
Roulow670/
Rolafs670/
Rohlow670/
Ralaff670/

Roloff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roloff in the Russian language
Ролоффroloff-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Roloff
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