Roo Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Roo Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Roo family

Profession Census Frequency
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Roo

Name Census Frequency
John Roo 25
Sarah Roo 19
Mary Roo 15
Elizabeth Roo 14
James Roo 14
Joseph Roo 11
Richard Roo 10
Arthur Roo 9
Hannah Roo 9
Ann Roo 8
Charles Roo 8
Maria Roo 8
Fred Roo 5
George Roo 5
Harriet Roo 5
Alfred Roo 4
Herbert Roo 4
Ida Roo 4
Margaretta Roo 4
Martha Roo 4
Ada Roo 3
Alice Roo 3
Annie Roo 3
Cyrus Roo 3
Edward Roo 3

Roo Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rowe 50% 122,964
2 Roe 67% 44,307
3 Row 67% 15,863
4 Rea 33% 10,562
5 Wroe 50% 8,000
6 Rae 33% 7,853
7 Ree 33% 1,828
8 Ore 0% 1,342
9 Ure 0% 953
10 Rue 33% 758
11 Air 0% 714
12 Oare 0% 469
13 Roo 100% 274
14 Urie 25% 224
15 Aire 0% 220
16 Eare 0% 202
17 Rie 33% 172
18 Rooe 75% 116

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The surname Roo is the 13th most popular variant of Rowe.

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