Roëls Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Roëls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roëls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France51:13,284,544357,392
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Roëls Last Name Facts

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

The last name Roëls is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Roëls? popularity and diffusion

Roëls is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Roëls live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Roëls is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 13,284,544. In France Roëls is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 80 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 20 percent live. Beside France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rols89723/
Rolls806,531/
Roles803,826/
Rouls80405/
Rolse80216/
Rohls80129/
Ruols80106/
Hrols8014/
Royls8012/
Rools806/
Rolst803/
Rolss801/
Rosls800/
Rolles73914/
Roiles73736/
Royles73624/
Rohles73238/
Roeles73224/
Roules73154/
Roulst7350/
Rholes7339/
Rosles7338/
Rolsch7336/
Roglis7311/
Rolszt737/
Rohlss734/
Roulls733/
Rolstø733/
Roul's732/
Rosels732/
Rhouls732/
Ruolse731/
Roolls731/
Roulse731/
Rollse731/
Rohlst731/
Rolest731/
Rooles730/
Roless730/
Roolse730/
Rolz6794/
Rosells6741/
Rossels6729/
Rottels6712/
Rochels6711/
Rals679/
Roosels678/
Ørholst674/
Roylest673/
Rollest671/
Roeless671/
Rottles671/
Rousels671/
Geerols671/
Roulles671/
Rolless670/
Roseels670/
Rholles670/

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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 Roëls
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