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 last name Roolfs is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Roolfs? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,009,375th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. Roolfs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Roolfs reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 353,094. In Germany Roolfs is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 78 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found and Denmark, where 2 percent are found.
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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