Romkes Surname

328,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Romkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Romkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,0231:16,5082,544
Canada661:558,26746,632
Norway121:428,52437,411
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Romkes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Romkes occurs most in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Romkes.

How Common Is The Last Name Romkes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 328,333rd most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,449,156 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Romkes are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Romkes is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,023 people, or 1 in 16,508. In The Netherlands Romkes is most prevalent in: Flevoland, where 51 percent reside, North Holland, where 16 percent reside and Friesland, where 9 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands Romkes occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Romkes Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Romkes earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 16.17% less than the national average, earning 290,107 kr per year and in Canada they earn 1.17% less than the national average, earning $49,100 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Remkes83783/
Rumkes831/
Romces831/
Ramkes831/
Ramkesh7718/
Remkeus777/
Ramkest771/
Ramces6712/
Remkis673/
Ramkis671/
Rumkis671/
Ramcess622/
Remques621/
Ramches621/
Ramkeich571/
Ramkaise571/
Raamkish571/
Romquist570/
Ramcis502/
Ramcez501/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Romkes
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