van Roeij Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Roeij Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Roeij Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

van Roeij Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Roeij is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

The last name van Roeij is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of van Roeij reside; 40 percent reside in South America and 40 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 107,037,166. In Brazil van Roeij is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 100 percent live. Besides Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 40 percent live and Greece, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Roij94709/
van Reij94149/
van Roei941/
van Rooij896,640/
van Roeiz891/
van Rij881,378/
van Roe8810/
van Roi881/
van Rooije844/
van Rooi826,604/
van Roey821,441/
van Rijt82817/
van Rijs82488/
van Roie82313/
van Roye82213/
van Reit8227/
van Reis8222/
van Rije8214/
van Raij8213/
van Roer826/
van Roje823/
van Reid821/
van Rooj821/
van Rooijer801/
van Ri801/
van Raaij781,428/
van Roest78382/
van Rooye7837/
van Rijst7837/
van Roeye782/
van Reich782/
von Rooij781/
van Reith781/
van Rooji781/
van Rooie781/
van Roy754,870/
van Ree751,528/
van Rie75589/
van Roo75132/
van Rey75118/
van Rye7524/
van Raj751/
van Rhe751/
van Rae751/
van Ris751/
van Ríe751/
van Rooyes741/
van Rooy716,951/
van Rees711,640/
van Rhee711,355/
van Rest71322/
van Reet71307/
von Reis71105/
van Raes7195/
van Raai7161/
van Reed7121/
van Risp718/
van Raaj715/
van Rech712/
van Raye711/
von Roue711/
van Rich711/
von Rohe711/
Van-Rooi711/
van Roay711/
van Reer711/
van Reep711/
van Rait711/
van Reus711/
van Rett710/
van Read710/
van Reeth671,774/
van Ry67141/
van Reuth6747/
van Rugge6736/
van Reedt6732/
von Reith6717/
van Reydt6713/
von Reihs679/
von Reich673/
van Reest671/
van Raaji671/

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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 Roeij
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