van Roojen Surname

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

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Roojen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Roojen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

van Roojen Last Name Facts

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

van Roojen is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name van Roojen is the 6,063,924th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of van Roojen reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,876,353. In The Netherlands van Roojen is most frequent in: North Holland, where 78 percent live, Gelderland, where 11 percent live and South Holland, where 11 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 10 percent live.

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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 Roojen
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