Rooyen Surname
Approximately 1,033 people bear this surname
Rooyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 782 | 1:69,281 | 8,641 |
| Netherlands | 94 | 1:179,651 | 25,733 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Namibia | 15 | 1:160,627 | 9,571 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Rooyen (243) may also be a first name.
Rooyen Demographics
Average Rooyen Salary in
United States
$33,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rooyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rooyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rooyen (Russian: Роойен) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Rooyen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rooyen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 352,668th most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,054,740 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Rooyen reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 573,164th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 243 people.
The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 782 people, or 1 in 69,281. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 52 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent live. Besides South Africa Rooyen exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 9 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.
Rooyen Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Rooyen earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 54.35% less than the national average, earning R 108,480 per year and in United States they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning $33,458 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rooyen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rooyen in the Russian language | ||
| Роойен | roojen | - |
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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 Rooyen
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