van Rooye Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

van Rooye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Rooye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia351:771,30649,759
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Rooye Last Name Facts

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

van Rooye is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 3,228,735th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of van Rooye live; 95 percent live in Australasia and 95 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most prevalent in Australia, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 771,306. In Australia van Rooye is mostly concentrated in: Victoria, where 69 percent reside, Queensland, where 17 percent reside and Tasmania, where 14 percent reside. Other than Australia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rooyes951/
van Rooy946,951/
van Roye94213/
van Roeye892/
van Rooie891/
van Roy884,870/
van Rye8824/
van Roe8810/
van Rooije844/
van Roey821,441/
van Roie82313/
Van-Rooy8215/
van Roje823/
van Rooj821/
van Raye821/
van Roay821/
von Rooy821/
van Rooij786,640/
van Roeij785/
van Rooji781/
van Ree751,528/
van Rie75589/
van Rey75118/
van Ray7532/
von Roy7515/
Van-Roy754/
van Roi751/
van Rae751/
van Rhee711,355/
van Raay71954/
van Roij71709/
van Reij71149/
van Reit7127/
van Reis7122/
van Rije7114/
van Reid711/
van Reus711/
von Roue711/
van Read710/
van Reuth6747/
van Rugge6736/
van Reydt6713/
van Reich672/
von Rooij671/
van Reith671/

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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 Rooye
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