Roolfs Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Roolfs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 228 | 1:353,094 | 34,155 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Roolfs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roolfs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roolfs is found most in Germany. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Roolfs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,009,375th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Roolfs live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 353,094. In Germany Roolfs is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 78 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 6 percent live and Denmark, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolfs | 91 | 2,600 | / |
| Roolf | 91 | 182 | / |
| Rohlfs | 83 | 4,398 | / |
| Roelfs | 83 | 651 | / |
| Rolffs | 83 | 153 | / |
| Rollfs | 83 | 49 | / |
| Rholfs | 83 | 4 | / |
| Rolhfs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Roulfs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Roolfe | 83 | 0 | / |
| Rolf | 80 | 10,875 | / |
| Rohlffs | 77 | 172 | / |
| Roelfsz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rohllfs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Roulhfs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Rolfe | 73 | 19,982 | / |
| Rohlf | 73 | 2,155 | / |
| Rolff | 73 | 874 | / |
| Ralfs | 73 | 725 | / |
| Rollf | 73 | 294 | / |
| Rulfs | 73 | 183 | / |
| Rolhf | 73 | 28 | / |
| Roulf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Rolft | 73 | 2 | / |
| Rholf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Rolfh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Rahlfs | 67 | 683 | / |
| Raulfs | 67 | 171 | / |
| Rohlff | 67 | 132 | / |
| Rulffs | 67 | 47 | / |
| Rohllf | 67 | 41 | / |
| Rolphs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Roself | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ruhlfs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rholff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rolffe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rohlft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rotlff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rollfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rullfs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rholfe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Rolfch | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Roolfs
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