Royer Surname
Approximately 64,109 people bear this surname
Royer Surname Definition:
(French) Wheelwright [Dialectal French royer, Low Latin rotari-us; from Latin rota, a wheel]
Royer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 37,153 | 1:1,788 | 111 |
| United States | 14,952 | 1:24,242 | 3,064 |
| Canada | 5,094 | 1:7,233 | 1,067 |
| Brazil | 1,839 | 1:116,408 | 4,400 |
| Haiti | 1,313 | 1:8,137 | 910 |
| Dominica | 578 | 1:131 | 24 |
| Belgium | 528 | 1:21,774 | 3,392 |
| Austria | 331 | 1:25,726 | 4,055 |
| Germany | 248 | 1:324,619 | 32,384 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| England | 235 | 1:237,098 | 19,544 |
| Dominican Republic | 131 | 1:79,641 | 3,650 |
| Luxembourg | 113 | 1:5,138 | 735 |
| Argentina | 111 | 1:385,076 | 29,732 |
| Paraguay | 98 | 1:73,844 | 1,894 |
| Guatemala | 92 | 1:174,812 | 3,597 |
| Colombia | 92 | 1:519,283 | 7,143 |
| Panama | 84 | 1:46,574 | 2,313 |
| Switzerland | 80 | 1:102,661 | 10,922 |
| Suriname | 70 | 1:7,895 | 1,936 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 55 | 1:2,007 | 337 |
| New Caledonia | 52 | 1:5,312 | 1,081 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| Thailand | 41 | 1:1,722,886 | 219,200 |
| Chile | 40 | 1:440,412 | 11,644 |
| French Polynesia | 37 | 1:7,589 | 1,667 |
| Venezuela | 34 | 1:888,355 | 13,981 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 32 | 1:3,099 | 465 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 29 | 1:47,034 | 4,189 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Jamaica | 22 | 1:130,452 | 4,751 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Barbados | 20 | 1:14,372 | 922 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 57 | 1:427,638 | 25,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,466 | 1:20,364 | 2,576 |
The alternate forms: Royér (2) are calculated separately.
Royer (4,043) may also be a first name.
Royer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Wheelwright [Dialectal French royer, Low Latin rotari-us; from Latin rota, a wheel]
This name, in its present orthography, is found in H.R.
Royer Demographics
Average Male Royer Height
175.43 cm
Average Female Royer Height
162.14 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Royer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Royer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Royer (Arabic: رويار, Marathi: रॉयर, Russian: Ройер) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Royér. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Royer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,832nd most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 113,674 people. The last name Royer is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Royer are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Royer is also the 109,701st most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 4,043 people.
The surname is most widespread in France, where it is held by 37,153 people, or 1 in 1,788. In France Royer is primarily concentrated in: Grand Est, where 19 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 15 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 11 percent are found. Excluding France this last name exists in 96 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.
Royer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Royer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Royer last name increased 606 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 412 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Royer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Royer surname are 19.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.35% registered with the party.
The amount Royer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 8.22% less than the national average, earning $20,836,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.61% less than the national average, earning $42,885 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.11% less than the national average, earning $42,671 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Royer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Royer in the Marathi language | ||
| रॉयर | royara | - |
| Royer in the Russian language | ||
| Ройер | rojer | - |
| Royer in the Arabic language | ||
| رويار | rwyar | - |
| روير | rwyr | - |
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Royer Reference & Research
Roy DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Roy FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- 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 Royer
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