Roof Surname

59,544th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Roof Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rudolph'; v. Rolf, of which these are variants, like Rofe and Roff.

1791. Married — John Grounds and Mary Roofe: St. George, Hanover Square.

1792. — John Westley and Sarah Roof: ibid.

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Roof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,7331:63,2237,400
Pakistan9741:183,4134,621
Iran6591:116,51410,983
India4541:1,689,57161,245
Netherlands1661:101,73016,487
Canada1261:292,42527,191
England831:671,30238,633
Afghanistan691:465,9886,093
Malaysia401:737,35634,564
Russia281:5,147,252226,919
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
France81:8,302,840321,660
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
China31:455,773,85521,925
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:443,18925,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3481:37,2544,408

Roof (799) may also be a first name.

Roof Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rudolph'; v. Rolf, of which these are variants, like Rofe and Roff.

1791. Married — John Grounds and Mary Roofe: St. George, Hanover Square.

1792. — John Westley and Sarah Roof: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) 1 syncopated forms of Rudolf, Rodolf, q.v.

2 Famous, Renowned [Old English and Old Saxon róf = O.H.Ger. ruof, for older *hruof(f (mod. H.Ger. ruf, fame, etc.] 3 the French Ruf = the Red, Red-Haired [Latin ruf-us] 4 the rare Anglo-Saxon pers. name Hróf (v. under Rochester) [cp. Old English hróf m., the sky, heaven, (lit.) roof; but the name is rather the older form of róf, famous, seen in 2]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably the same as Reeve, an officer or steward. Ruf, German, reputation, famous, renowned.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Roof Last Name Facts

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

The last name Roof (Russian: Рооф) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Roof.

How Common Is The Last Name Roof? popularity and diffusion

The last name Roof is the 59,544th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 859,989 people. The last name Roof is predominantly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Roof are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 289,538th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 799 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 5,733 people, or 1 in 63,223. In The United States Roof is most frequent in: South Carolina, where 13 percent live, Ohio, where 11 percent live and Kentucky, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 47 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 11 percent live and Iran, where 8 percent live.

Roof Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Roof has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roof last name increased 425 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 151 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Roof Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Roof surname are 21.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.03% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Roof earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 871.69% more than the national average, earning S/. 188,363 per year; in South Africa they earn 55.91% less than the national average, earning R 104,772 per year; in United States they earn 1.39% less than the national average, earning $42,550 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.7% less than the national average, earning $43,372 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roofe89911/
Rooff89503/
Rgoof8916/
Roofs8913/
Rhoof8912/
Hroof891/
Roohf891/
Rooft891/
Rootf891/
Rof862,192/
Rouf7558,588/
Roff757,689/
Rofe752,011/
Rowf751,150/
Roob751,026/
Ruof75789/
Roif75523/
Roef75418/
Roft7586/
Royf7547/
Hrof7529/
Rotf7515/
Rohf7515/
Roov7512/
Rosf759/
Rhof758/
Rojf755/
Ropf753/
Rofh753/
Rofs753/
Roow752/
Rovf751/
Rgof751/
Rofp751/
Rodf750/
Ruoff675,444/
Roffe672,592/
Rouff67825/
Roufs67671/
Roufe67103/
Roife6779/
Hroft6771/
Roiff6755/
Royfe6734/
Rohuf6718/
Roeff678/
Rowwf677/
Århof675/
Rohfs675/
Rowfe674/
Rhouf674/
Rgoff673/
Roufh673/
Rofhe672/
Rossf672/
Rooph672/
Ruoft672/
Rofth671/
Rouft671/
Routf671/
Rodtf671/
Rofsz671/
Rodfe671/
Rowff671/
Rouvf671/
Ruofe671/
Hroob671/
Rotff671/
Roojw671/
Roehf670/
Roupf670/
Hroff670/
Royff670/
Roffs670/

Roof Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Roof in the Russian language
Роофroof-

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