Rooryck Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Rooryck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rooryck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1611:71,40811,406
France391:1,703,147154,208
England61:9,286,343223,652
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Rooryck Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rooryck is most common in Belgium. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Rooryck click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rooryck? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,125,333rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Rooryck live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 71,408. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 80 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 15 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Belgium this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 18 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rorzyk771/
Roorek771/
Rooric770/
Rourick71131/
Roruick711/
Rhuryck711/
Roereck710/
Roehrick67235/
Ruryk67161/
Rorek6734/
Rorik6734/
Roric6711/
Roryg671/
Rourrick670/

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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 Rooryck
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