Roebben
surname · Latin script
Roebben is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 3.6M(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 7.8Kas Robben
- BEBelgium1 in 24Kas Robben
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 Roebben 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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 79 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.6M (inferred from the name graph)
2,214 named Robben, 2007
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Robben in NL Netherlands, US United States, ES Spain.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Roebben 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 2,214as Robben | 1 in 7.8K | 2.2K | Robben | 37 |
| US United States | 1,125as Robben | 1 in 296K | 1.2K | Robben | 60 |
| BE Belgium | 487as Robben | 1 in 24K | 487 | Roebben | 25 |
| FR France | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 3.6M | — | Roebben | 35 |
| ES Spain | 16as Robben | 1 in 3.1M | 16 | Robben | 3 |
| DK Denmark | 12as Robben | 1 in 489K | 12 | — | — |
| NO Norway | 10as Robben | 1 in 547K | 10 | — | — |
2,214 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)
- Bert Roebbenb. 1962DEGerman theologian
- Petra Roebbenb. 1982BEBelgian association football player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 267 | #6,534 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 255 | #6,576 |
Reference works 1
- 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
- In which country does Roebben have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Robben, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Roebben?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 2,214 people named Robben in 2007, about 1 in 7.8 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/roebbenThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Roebben”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.