Röhlich Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Röhlich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Röhlich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3271:246,19426,830
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Rohlich (47) are calculated separately.

Röhlich Last Name Facts

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

The surname Röhlich occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Rohlich. Click here for other potential spellings of Röhlich.

How Common Is The Last Name Röhlich? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 793,288th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 20,528,298 people. The last name Röhlich occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Röhlich live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 246,194. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 24 percent reside, Thuringia, where 21 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent reside. Barring Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 3 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rohlich9547/
Rölich921/
Rehlich8699/
Röhlichová827/
Roehlich8053/
Rolich77915/
Relich77759/
Ralich77175/
Rohlih7736/
Roelich7167/
Rollich7133/
Ralisch7119/
Hrelich711/
Rahli672,609/
Rhali671,238/
Röhle67875/
Rolih67562/
Rohli67282/
Rehli67130/
Ralih6711/
Relih676/
Ralitsch676/
Rheli671/

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Röhlich Reference & Research

Röhling DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Röhling 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
  • 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 Röhlich
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