van Roos Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Roos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Roos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa911:595,35945,471
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

van Roos Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Roos is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

van Roos is the 1,581,912th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of van Roos live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 595,359. In South Africa van Roos is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 46 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 31 percent are found and Gauteng, where 21 percent are found. Beside South Africa it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found and Belgium, where 8 percent are found.

van Roos Last Name Statistics demography

van Roos earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.7% less than the national average, earning R 216,972 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Roost94320/
van Roose94108/
van Roo93132/
van Ros9358/
van Rooy886,951/
van Ross88638/
van Rood8862/
Van-Roos888/
van Rose883/
van Root882/
van Rooj881/
von Roos881/
van Roox881/
van Ro8648/
van Rooij826,640/
van Rosse82113/
van Roodt8299/
Van-Roose8211/
van Rooie821/
van Rouse821/
van Roy804,870/
van Ras80285/
van Rox806/
von Roo804/
van Rot801/
van Roi801/
van Rooije784/
van Roij75709/
Van-Rooy7515/
von Rost7511/
van Rotz752/
von Ross752/
van Roth751/
van Rass751/
Van-Rose751/
van Reus751/
von Rooy751/
von Rohs750/
Van-Roodt711/
von Rooij711/
van Raust711/
von Roy6715/
Van-Roy674/
von Rus671/
van Raj671/

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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 Roos
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