Rooking Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Rooking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rooking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098

Rooking Last Name Facts

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

Rooking has its highest incidence in England. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rooking click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rooking? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rooking is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Rooking is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Rooking live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is most frequent in: Lancashire, where 83 percent reside and Merseyside, where 17 percent reside. Barring England this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Rooking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rooking has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 85 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rooking Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Rooking last name is chiefly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roking922/
Rocking86335/
Roecking800/
Raking7754/
Rokeng7711/
Ruking773/
Rocing770/
Racking713/
Rohcing711/
Rockäng711/
Ruoqing711/
Rucking710/
Ruthking671/
Raskings671/
Rushking671/
Rackings670/
Rakeng6280/
Racing6236/
Rukeng625/
Ruqing625/
Roceng621/
Rakyong57490/
Rukyong5736/
Ruiqing5713/
Rochink579/
Ruching575/
Raquing572/
Reucing572/
Raching571/
Rasquing5314/
Ruicheng537/
Roycheng531/

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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 Rooking
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