Roohey Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Roohey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roohey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Roohey (6) may also be a first name.

Roohey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roohey is found most in Egypt. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Roohey.

How Common Is The Last Name Roohey? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Roohey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Roohey live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 67 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Roohey is also the 4,967,096th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 6 people.

The last name Roohey is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roohe91160/
Roohie8315/
Roohee836/
Roohea831/
Roohiya771/
Roaehey771/
Roohieh771/
Roohi7332,602/
Roaoe7324/
Rooha7323/
Raohe733/
Roahe732/
Rooah731/
Roohaeja711/
Roohiyah711/
Rohaei6728/
Rohaer673/
Rohoer673/
Rouahe673/
Raooee672/
Rahooy671/
Raoher671/
Raohae671/
Rohaet671/
Roeahe671/
Rohaez671/

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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 Roohey
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