Roulf Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Roulf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roulf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Roulf (17) may also be a first name.

Roulf Last Name Facts

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

Roulf is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Roulf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Roulf live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 17 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 100 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 25 percent are found.

Roulf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Roulf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Roulf last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roulfs911/
Rolf8910,875/
Rulf89821/
Roulhfs830/
Rolfe8019,982/
Rolfs802,600/
Rohlf802,155/
Raulf801,337/
Rolff80874/
Roelf80662/
Rollf80294/
Rulfs80183/
Roolf80182/
Rulff80118/
Rolhf8028/
Ruelf8017/
Rolft802/
Reulf801/
Rholf801/
Rhulf801/
Rolfh800/
Rulfe800/
Routleff7736/
Roolfs73252/
Roulph73175/
Raulfs73171/
Rolffs73153/
Rohlff73132/
Rollfs7349/
Rulffs7347/
Rohllf7341/
Raulff7329/
Rholfs734/
Roelff732/
Rolhfs731/
Rohlft731/
Rotlff731/
Rolffe731/
Rholff731/
Ruhlfs731/
Roself731/
Rollfe731/
Rholfe730/
Roolfe730/
Rolfch730/
Rullfs730/
Ralf671,179/
Rulfová67216/
Rohlffs67172/
Geerolf67152/
Rolfová6759/
Rouelph6711/
Rülf676/
Rolv675/
Rolb674/
Rothlef671/
Rulfova671/
Rolfova671/
Rhaulff671/
Rulv671/
Rulb670/
Rutleff670/
Rotleff670/
Rohllfs670/

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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 Roulf
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