von Roy Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

von Roy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

von Roy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

von Roy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name von Roy Come From? nationality or country of origin

von Roy occurs more in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name von Roy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name von Roy occurs mostly in Oceania, where 87 percent of von Roy reside; 87 percent reside in Australasia and 87 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently occurring in New Zealand, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 348,333. In New Zealand von Roy is mostly concentrated in: Auckland Region, where 92 percent live and Otago Region, where 8 percent live. Besides New Zealand it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
von Rooy931/
van Roy864,870/
von Roo864/
van Rooy806,951/
von Rotz801,445/
van Roey801,441/
van Roye80213/
von Roth8071/
von Rost8011/
von Ross802/
von Rohe801/
von Roue801/
von Roos801/
von Rohs800/
van Ry77141/
van Ro7748/
van Rooye7537/
van Roeye752/
von Rooij751/
von Hroch751/
van Roo71132/
van Rey71118/
van Ryt7177/
van Ros7158/
van Ray7132/
van Rys7128/
van Rye7124/
van Roe7110/
Van-Roy714/
von Ree713/
von Rad713/
van Roi711/
von Red711/
van Rot711/
van Rooyes711/
von Reu710/
van Raay67954/
van Roij67709/
van Ross67638/
van Roie67313/
van Roos67129/
von Reth67111/
von Reis67105/
van Rood6762/
Van-Rooy6715/
von Rath6713/
von Raht675/
von Rhee675/
von Rège674/
van Roje673/
von Rhau673/
von Reuß672/
van Root672/
van Rotz672/
Von-Rotz672/
von Reed671/
von Reet671/
van Raye671/
van Rooj671/
van Roth671/

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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 von Roy
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