Roe is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Roe
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The variant of Rue. 1. The French De la Rue, deprived of its prefix. 2. Rewe, a parish in Devonshire.

Family name is variant form of Rew. Rewe, a parish in Devonshire.

The is the form of Rowe. Dweller at the rough or uncultivated land; one who lived at the hedgerow.

Dweller at the sign of the roe deer; dweller at the row or hedgerow.

From the animal—first applied to a swift runner.

Roe is variant form of Rowe. 1. A street, or rather a series of detached houses, standing on one side only of the highway. 2. There is a parish in Dumbartonshire so called. 3. Gaelic, rhu, Scotland row, signifies a low, small, narrow peninsula. Gaz. Scotland Rowe, without any prefix, is found in Hundred Rolls.

How popular is Roe?

Roe is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Iran, Ireland, Indonesia, Scotland, New Zealand, Cambodia, South Africa, Wales, Norway, France, Spain, Thailand.

Roe is ranked 10087 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Roe bearers increased by 2.38 per cent in 2010 US census to 25286 since 2000, the surname slipped by 99 spots and ranked at 1406. The last name was found in around 9 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.91 92.19
Black 3.17 3.18
Hispanic or Latino 2.4 1.56
Others 1.71 1.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.23 1.06
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.58 0.64
Roe is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Guernsey lie ahead in terms of density. Around 55830 people have been found who wears Roe as their family name. Roe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Roe:
1,321 United States33,607
701 England11,115
Countries with thousands of Roe:
1,570 Australia2,549
2,826 Canada1,801
5,407 Iran1,600
618 Ireland1,344
Countries with hundreds of Roe:
24,062 Indonesia497
1,744 Scotland400
2,078 New Zealand379
1,785 Cambodia332
19,872 South Africa299
1,272 Wales271
3,295 Norway208
59,152 France165
19,264 Spain142
107,695 Thailand111
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,453 Northern Ireland90
206,545 India69
78,034 Germany67
1,039 French Polynesia61
8,628 Chile59
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,989 Taiwan44
12,512 Denmark40
28,184 Papua New Guinea40
6,278 Singapore39
155,170 Brazil33
40,209 Belgium31
52,179 Netherlands28
29,049 Mexico25
767 Guernsey22
30,429 Switzerland20
14,725 Qatar19
1,760 Belize18
753 American Samoa17
70,664 Malaysia17
3,295 Nicaragua16
322,587 Russia15
7,565 Solomon Islands15
26,427 Peru14
5,530 China13
820 Bermuda12
19,471 Estonia12
207,772 Philippines11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
126,629 Turkey10
46,388 Japan9
62,476 Israel8
2,387 Isle of Man7
1,243 South Korea7
1,253 Cayman Islands6
5,462 Costa Rica6
105,647 Czechia6
5,222 Hong Kong6
121,657 Italy6
116,183 Sweden6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Pat Roe worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on St. Patrick and arrived on March 27, 1846. Mrs Roe (30) Spinster, John Roe, aged 9, Michael Roe, aged 7, 19 years old Bridget Roe, Farmer Pat Roe, John Roe (30) Calico Printer, Workman James Roe, Margret Roe, aged 40, and 114 other Roe around 35.11% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, servant, clerk, dressmaker, farm laborer, seamstress, farmers &, laborers migrated to US.

From Germany

J.H. Roe was 18 years old when he migrated to USA on July 7, 1852. He lived in Hanover where he worked as farmer and took Hopewell from Bremen. Farmer Marie Roe, 32 years old Cohini Roe, Laborer Frederic Roe, And. Roe (19) Laborer, 21 years old Maria Roe, Franz Roe (31) Farmer, Friech. Roe, are others that migrated to US from Bremen, Hamburg, Havana, Havre & Santander, Liverpool, Bremen & Southampton and Antwerp.

Roe Namesakes

  • John Septimus Roe, first Surveyor-General of Western Australia
  • Dudley Roe, U.S. Congressman
  • Edward Payson Roe, American novelist
  • Erica Roe, is remembered for a topless run across the pitch of Twickenham Stadium during an England vs
  • James Elphinstone Roe, convict transported to Western Australia
  • Derek Roe, British archaeologist most famous for his work on the Palaeolithic period
  • Ada Roe,
  • Alban Roe, English Benedictine priest
  • Robin Roe, Irish clergyman
  • Rocky Roe, former umpire in Major League Baseball
  • James A. Roe, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Reginald Heber Roe, headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland
  • Michael Roe, American, singer, songwriter, and record producer
  • Thomas Roe, English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods
  • Marion Roe, Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
  • David Roe, former English professional snooker player
  • Raigh Roe, Australian farmer
  • Tommy Roe, American pop music singer-songwriter
  • Francis Asbury Roe, admiral in the United States Navy
  • Preacher Roe, Major League Baseball pitcher for the St
  • Alliott Verdon Roe, OBE, Hon
  • Mark Roe, English professional golfer
  • Jason Roe, indigenous and former Australian rules football player for the Brisbane Lions
  • Billy Roe, former driver in the Indy Racing League
  • Lou Roe, American former professional basketball player
  • Robert A. Roe, American Democratic Party politician
  • Charles Roe, English industrialist
  • Pat Roe, is Gaelic footballer
  • Alexander Hall Roe, Ontario merchant and political figure
  • Arthur Stanley Roe, medical doctor from Queensland, Australia
  • Lesa Roe, American aerospace engineer
  • Allison Roe, former long-distance athlete from New Zealand
  • William F. Roe, electrical engineer

Roe Namesakes

  • John Septimus Roe, first Surveyor-General of Western Australia
  • Dudley Roe, U.S. Congressman
  • Edward Payson Roe, American novelist
  • Erica Roe, is remembered for a topless run across the pitch of Twickenham Stadium during an England vs
  • James Elphinstone Roe, convict transported to Western Australia
  • Derek Roe, British archaeologist most famous for his work on the Palaeolithic period
  • Ada Roe,
  • Alban Roe, English Benedictine priest
  • Robin Roe, Irish clergyman
  • Rocky Roe, former umpire in Major League Baseball
  • James A. Roe, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Reginald Heber Roe, headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland
  • Michael Roe, American, singer, songwriter, and record producer
  • Thomas Roe, English diplomat of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods
  • Marion Roe, Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
  • David Roe, former English professional snooker player
  • Raigh Roe, Australian farmer
  • Tommy Roe, American pop music singer-songwriter
  • Francis Asbury Roe, admiral in the United States Navy
  • Preacher Roe, Major League Baseball pitcher for the St
  • Alliott Verdon Roe, OBE, Hon
  • Mark Roe, English professional golfer
  • Jason Roe, indigenous and former Australian rules football player for the Brisbane Lions
  • Billy Roe, former driver in the Indy Racing League
  • Lou Roe, American former professional basketball player
  • Robert A. Roe, American Democratic Party politician
  • Charles Roe, English industrialist
  • Pat Roe, is Gaelic footballer
  • Alexander Hall Roe, Ontario merchant and political figure
  • Arthur Stanley Roe, medical doctor from Queensland, Australia
  • Lesa Roe, American aerospace engineer
  • Allison Roe, former long-distance athlete from New Zealand
  • William F. Roe, electrical engineer

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