Roojee Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Roojee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 173 | 1:7,476 | 1,565 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Roojee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roojee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roojee occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Roojee click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Roojee? popularity and diffusion
The surname Roojee is the 1,177,228th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Roojee reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritius, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 7,476. In Mauritius it is most numerous in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 68 percent are found, Flacq District, where 30 percent are found and Grand Port District, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Mauritius this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Roojee
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