Last name Roald (Roald 
, Роальд 
, Роалд 
) , worldwide, is quite a rare surname. The surname Roald is characteristic of Norway, where it is quite a common surname, Sweden, where it is a rare surname, and Armenia. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Norway, Spain, and Sweden. More prevalently, Roald is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Roald | Germany, Norway, Philippines, United States, Netherlands |
| Роальд | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Роалд | Armenia, Russia |
| רואלד | Israel |
Valdr, Роальд, Руаль, Руаль, and رولد
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severin roald Norwegian actor, NO (b. 1858) |
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| per roald Norwegian poet (b. 1912) |
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| arnfinn severin roald Norwegian politician (b. 1914) |
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| halvard roald (b. 1913) |
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| olaf leon roald Norwegian painter and sculptor (b. 1952) |
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| anne sofie roald Norwegian professor (b. 1954) |
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| per ivar roald Norwegian footballer (b. 1970) |
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| camilla meidell roald Norwegian author (b. 1972) |
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| kjersti roald Norwegian actress |
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| colin bruce roald Ph.D. University of Rochester 1998 |
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| susanna roald Swedish actress, SE (b. 1991) |
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| aurora roald Swedish actress, SE (b. 1994) |
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