Röök Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Röök Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
The alternate forms: Rook (15,083) are calculated separately.
Röök Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Röök Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Röök is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Rook. For other potential spellings of Röök click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Röök? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Röök are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Röök is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 298,387. In Sweden Röök is primarily concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 58 percent reside, Södermanland County, where 21 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Sweden this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Finland, where 38 percent reside.
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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 Röök
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