Röske Surname

261,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Röske Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Röske Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,4841:54,2497,043
Austria91:946,15970,786
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

The alternate forms: Roske (1,615) are calculated separately.

Röske Last Name Facts

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

The surname Röske is found most in Germany. It can appear as: Roske. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Röske? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 261,614th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,858,364 people. Röske occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Röske reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Röske is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,484 people, or 1 in 54,249. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 11 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roske931,615/
Röskes9172/
Röschke83385/
Reske802,213/
Raske801,185/
Röska8086/
Roeske732,420/
Roskey73517/
Reshke73296/
Raszke73274/
Raskey73243/
Raskie73120/
Rashke7397/
Roskie7393/
Reeske7383/
Rösche7367/
Rescke7354/
Rascke7350/
Reskey7348/
Rasske7346/
Raeske7328/
Roshke7314/
Reskie738/
Resske737/
Roszke736/
Raaske734/
Roscke732/
Rosske731/
Raskeh731/
Ruiske730/
Roskei730/
Reuske730/
Roskee730/
Raskhe730/
Raschke6711,638/
Reschke6710,787/
Rask677,262/
Resk67635/
Roschke67542/
Rashkie6770/
Rosk6747/
Reszkie6714/
Raskhee676/
Räschke675/
Raeshke674/
Roeshke673/
Reshcke671/
Resckhe671/
Roszkie671/
Rasckke670/
Raskkey670/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Röske
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