van Roer Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Roer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Roer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

van Roer Last Name Facts

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

van Roer is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name van Roer is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of van Roer are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,377,435. In The Netherlands van Roer is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Roe9310/
van Rogger892/
van Rogier891/
van Rooyer890/
van Roey881,441/
van Reer881/
van Rooijer841/
van Roest82382/
van Roeij825/
van Rooie821/
van Rae801/
van Rooije784/
van Rooi756,604/
van Raes7595/
von Rour757/
von Rhor753/
von Rohe751/
van Roay751/
van Rooij716,640/
van Ruurd711/
Van-Rooi631/
von Rooij591/
Von-Rooi501/

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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 Roer
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