van Rooye Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
van Rooye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Rooyes | 95 | 1 | / |
| van Rooy | 94 | 6,951 | / |
| van Roye | 94 | 213 | / |
| van Roeye | 89 | 2 | / |
| van Rooie | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Roy | 88 | 4,870 | / |
| van Rye | 88 | 24 | / |
| van Roe | 88 | 10 | / |
| van Rooije | 84 | 4 | / |
| van Roey | 82 | 1,441 | / |
| van Roie | 82 | 313 | / |
| Van-Rooy | 82 | 15 | / |
| van Roje | 82 | 3 | / |
| van Rooj | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Raye | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Roay | 82 | 1 | / |
| von Rooy | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Rooij | 78 | 6,640 | / |
| van Roeij | 78 | 5 | / |
| van Rooji | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Ree | 75 | 1,528 | / |
| van Rie | 75 | 589 | / |
| van Rey | 75 | 118 | / |
| van Ray | 75 | 32 | / |
| von Roy | 75 | 15 | / |
| Van-Roy | 75 | 4 | / |
| van Roi | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Rae | 75 | 1 | / |
| van Rhee | 71 | 1,355 | / |
| van Raay | 71 | 954 | / |
| van Roij | 71 | 709 | / |
| van Reij | 71 | 149 | / |
| van Reit | 71 | 27 | / |
| van Reis | 71 | 22 | / |
| van Rije | 71 | 14 | / |
| van Reid | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Reus | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Roue | 71 | 1 | / |
| van Read | 71 | 0 | / |
| van Reuth | 67 | 47 | / |
| van Rugge | 67 | 36 | / |
| van Reydt | 67 | 13 | / |
| van Reich | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Rooij | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Reith | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Rooye
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