Royé Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Royé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Royé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Roye (5,602) & Royè (1) are calculated separately.

Royé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Royé occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Roye or Royè. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Royé? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,055,934th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Royé live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Royé is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 579,221. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Östergötland County, where 82 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 18 percent are found. Other than Sweden this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 27 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roye925,602/
Royè921/
Roy862,687,333/
Royo7528,682/
Rohy7511,266/
Roya757,976/
Roys752,702/
Rouy751,944/
Rooy751,791/
Royi751,131/
Rojy75562/
Royt75482/
Roué75252/
Royz75219/
Royd7580/
Royy7566/
Rayé7554/
Roiy7543/
Rroy7528/
Rhoy7524/
Rioy7520/
Reyé7511/
Royh759/
Ruoy752/
Royp751/
Ryoy751/
Rgoy751/
Rouhy677,036/
Royet672,584/
Royes671,669/
Royds671,003/
Rojiy67739/
Royez67420/
Rohyo67254/
Royat67248/
Royah67208/
Roych67196/
Royot67195/
Royau67178/
Rioyo67154/
Rouys67149/
Rohyz67146/
Rouya67138/
Rohiy67130/
Roaya67109/
Royos67107/
Royas6793/
Royis6784/
Royad6783/
Rouye6776/
Royod6760/
Ruoya6758/
Roeye6757/
Rayée6742/
Royaa6742/
Roysh6736/
Rohya6729/
Royee6727/
Rhoya6727/
Royed6726/
Ryoya6726/
Royoh6722/
Rooyi6721/
Royss6719/
Rhoyi6719/
Royyi6718/
Rohyi6718/
Ruoyo6717/
Royiz6716/
Roysp6714/
Royeh6714/
Royap6712/
Rohjy6710/
Rooys679/
Royip676/
Roytz675/
Royie675/
Royit674/
Royaz673/
Rhouy673/
Rohys673/
Ruohy672/
Rooya672/
Reyhé672/
Rroyo672/
Rouyh671/
Royhe671/
Royid671/
Royts671/
Roeiy671/
Rhoys671/
Roydd671/
Rhoyd671/
Roiyi671/
Rooye671/
Royaï671/
Roiyo671/
Ryoyo671/
Royhy671/
Riojy671/
Ro'ya671/
Royst670/
Royio670/

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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 Royé
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