van Roe Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Roe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Roe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Roe Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Roe occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name van Roe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name van Roe occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of van Roe are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname van Roe is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,642,378. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Belgium it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Roey931,441/
van Roie93313/
van Roye93213/
van Roer936/
van Roje933/
van Roest88382/
van Rooye8837/
van Roeij885/
van Roeye882/
van Rooie881/
van Roy864,870/
van Ree861,528/
van Rie86589/
van Roo86132/
van Rey86118/
van Rye8624/
van Rae861/
van Roi861/
van Rooije824/
van Rooyes821/
van Rooy806,951/
van Rooi806,604/
van Rhee801,355/
van Roij80709/
van Reij80149/
van Raes8095/
van Reit8027/
van Reis8022/
van Rije8014/
von Rohe801/
van Rooj801/
van Reus801/
van Raye801/
von Roue801/
van Roay801/
van Reid801/
van Read800/
van Rooijer781/
van Rooij756,640/
van Reuth7547/
van Rugge7536/
van Reydt7513/
van Reich752/
van Rooji751/
van Reith751/
van Rij711,378/
van Ray7132/
van Rut7117/
von Roy7115/
Van-Ree718/
von Roo714/
Van-Roy714/
von Ree713/
Van-Rie712/
van Raj711/
von Reu710/
van Raay67954/
van Ruth67396/
von Reis67105/
van Raai6761/
Van-Rooy6715/
van Raij6713/
van Raaj675/
von Rhee675/
von Rège674/
von Reuß672/
Van-Rooi671/
von Rooy671/
van Rait671/
Van-Rhee671/

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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 van Roe
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