Rolofs Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Rolofs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rolofs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1381:583,37347,320
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
France11:66,422,722504,397
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Rolofs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rolofs is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rolofs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,300,225th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Rolofs live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Rolofs is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 583,373. In Germany Rolofs is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent live, Hamburg, where 30 percent live and Hesse, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany Rolofs occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 16 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Rolofs Last Name Statistics demography

Rolofs earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 31.59% less than the national average, earning $33,987 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roelofs9210,400/
Roloffs9214/
Rollofs922/
Rolof91340/
Roeloffs86563/
Roelofsz86414/
Rosloffs863/
Roeloofs861/
Roelofss861/
Roloff8310,061/
Rulofs83296/
Rohlof83140/
Rollof83137/
Roulof8382/
Rolefs8366/
Roilof8313/
Roslof8313/
Rolovs836/
Rolofe834/
Roloft831/
Rolhof831/
Rolafs830/
Roloof830/
Rohloff775,930/
Rolloff77274/
Ruloffs7792/
Rosloff7759/
Rouloff7729/
Roslovs7726/
Roloffe7712/
Rolhoff774/
Roulefs771/
Röloffs771/
Roelafs771/
Rohllof771/
Roiloff771/
Roelofz771/
Rholoff771/
Rosloof771/
Rolofff771/
Rollows770/
Rotloff770/
Rolov73311/
Rolow73208/
Rolaf7376/
Ralof731/
Rottloff71158/
Rolauffs7144/
Roeloffz711/
Rohleffs711/
Rolofová711/
Rohlooff711/
Ruolloff710/
Roslov671,029/
Rolova67287/
Rollow67245/
Rolaff67125/
Raloff6782/
Roslow6750/
Rollov6742/
Rolowa6738/
Rolauf6737/
Rolavs6734/
Roloph6727/
Rulovs6723/
Roliow6713/
Rallof677/
Roloffová673/
Roylov673/
Rolyov672/
Rolgov671/
Rohlofová671/
Roulouffe671/
Raslof671/
Ratlof670/
Roulow670/
Rohlow670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rolofs
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