Roorke Surname

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

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Roorke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roorke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Roorke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Roorke is found most in India. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Roorke.

How Common Is The Last Name Roorke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Roorke is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Roorke is predominantly found in The Americas, where 33 percent of Roorke live; 33 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Roorke is mostly found in: Uttarkhand, where 50 percent live. Not including India Roorke is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and The Netherlands, where 17 percent live.

Roorke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Roorke has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Roorke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Roorke last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roorkee9219/
Rorke912,375/
Roork91150/
Rourke8311,675/
Rohrke8351/
Roorkh831/
Rorket831/
Royrke830/
Rorker830/
Ruorke830/
Rork80829/
Rourcke7713/
Rourker773/
Rourkeh771/
Rourkee770/
Rorcker770/
Rourk731,032/
Roerk7329/
Rorks7315/
Rorka739/
Ruork736/
Rurke735/
Rorck732/
Rarke731/
Rorky731/
Rosrk731/
Rohrk731/
Rorké731/
Rorce730/
Rorrk730/
Roirk730/
Rourks6737/
Rorgue6734/
Rohrka6725/
Rourck673/
Raurke673/
Rurkey672/
Rarker672/
Roerki671/
Rorcky671/
Ruhrke671/
Rorque671/
Rurker670/
Rource670/
Reurke670/
Rourka670/

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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 Roorke
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