Röske
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ʁøskə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Röske is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Roske.
- DEGermany≈1 in 74K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 358Kas Roeske
- EGEgypt≈1 in 505K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Röske itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 187 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 74K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,100 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Roeske in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CL Chile and 2 more and Roske in PL Poland, BB Barbados, EG Egypt.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Borrowed from German Roske.
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Röske counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Röske | 75 |
| US United States | — | 928as Roeske | 1 in 358K | 928 | Roeske | 187 |
| PL Poland | — | 234as Roeske | 1 in 164K | 128 | Roske | 2 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 505K | — | Roske | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 454K | 7 | Roeske | 19 |
| CL Chile | — | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 242K | — | Roeske | 1 |
| CU Cuba | — | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 207K | — | Roeske | 1 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 222K | — | Roeske | 1 |
| BB Barbados | #926 | — | — | — | Roske | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Stanley Röskeb. 1976DEneo-nazi from Germany
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #236,170 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #286,490 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Röske mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from German Roske. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Röske?
- A machine transcription gives /ʁøskə/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Röske have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Röske in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled röske.
- How common is the name Röske?
- In the United States, the national register counted 928 people named Roeske in 2010, about 1 in 358 thousand residents.
- How common is Röske compared with other names?
- In Barbados, Röske is the 926th most common surname of 11,500 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Röske” — the 926th most common surname in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.