Röer Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Röer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Röer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1601:503,15942,903
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Roér (1) are calculated separately.

Röer Last Name Facts

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

Röer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Roér. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Röer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,310,135th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. Röer is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Röer are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 503,159. In Germany Röer is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 11 percent are found and Hamburg, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Germany Röer is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 5 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Röher8998/
Röehr891/
Roér831/
Reur7594/
Räer758/
Reher674,452/
Roher671,139/
Reuer67844/
Raher67496/
Räger6716/
Raaer6712/
Roeer679/
Raeer677/
Ruier673/
Rehir672/
Roeyr671/
Roïer671/
Rahier601,510/
Roeher6090/
Hraher6019/
Raaher609/
Rahehr603/
Reheer603/
Reheur601/
Raeher601/
Roeeer601/
Roheir601/
Reuher601/
Rohher601/
Rehier601/
Raherr601/
Roeier600/
Roheer600/
Raeherh551/
Roehier550/

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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 Röer
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