van Rooi Surname

74,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,604 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

van Rooi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Rooi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,1901:8,7521,103
Namibia3521:6,8451,338
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

van Rooi Last Name Facts

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

van Rooi has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

van Rooi is the 74,426th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,103,505 people. The last name van Rooi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of van Rooi are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 6,190 people, or 1 in 8,752. In South Africa van Rooi is most common in: Western Cape, where 44 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 31 percent are found and Gauteng, where 7 percent are found. Outside of South Africa van Rooi occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 5 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

van Rooi Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Rooi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 36.21% less than the national average, earning R 151,596 per year and in Canada they earn 3.28% more than the national average, earning $51,313 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rooij946,640/
van Rooie941/
van Rooije894/
Van-Rooi881/
van Roei881/
van Rooijer841/
van Roeij825/
von Rooij821/
van Roe8010/
van Roey751,441/
van Roer756/
Von-Rooi751/
van Roay751/
van Roest71382/
van Rae671/
van Raes6395/
von Rohe631/

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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 van Rooi
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