van Roye Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Roye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Roye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1871:61,4799,893
France121:5,535,227269,324
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

van Roye Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Roye is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 1,133,308th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. van Roye occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of van Roye are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 61,479. In Belgium van Roye is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 52 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 25 percent live and Walloon Region, where 23 percent live. Beside Belgium it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 6 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Rooye9437/
van Roeye942/
van Roy934,870/
van Rye9324/
van Roe9310/
van Rooyes891/
van Rooy886,951/
van Roey881,441/
van Roie88313/
van Roje883/
van Roei881/
van Raye881/
van Roeij825/
van Rooie821/
van Ree801,528/
van Rie80589/
van Rey80118/
van Ray8032/
von Roy8015/
Van-Roy804/
van Rae801/
van Roi801/
van Rooije784/
van Rhee751,355/
van Raay75954/
van Roij75709/
van Reij75149/
van Reit7527/
van Reis7522/
Van-Rooy7515/
van Rije7514/
van Reid751/
van Rooj751/
van Reus751/
von Roue751/
von Rooy751/
van Read750/
van Rooijer741/
van Rooij716,640/
van Reuth7147/
van Rugge7136/
van Reydt7113/
van Reich712/
van Reith711/
van Rooji711/
van Rij671,378/
Van-Ree678/
von Ree673/
Van-Rie672/
van Raj671/
von Reu670/

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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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  • 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 Roye
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