Roat

surname · Latin script

Meaning: to break something apart p

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɹoʊt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Roat is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia≈1 in 786K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 438K
  • USUnited States1 in 462K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
51 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 438K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

to break something apart p . violently; a. violently (of breaking). to break apart by pulling violently. fltUn^ to break apart by beating with a stick. n t / r a t / \ n, brace ( } ); p- to put a brace or braces around words. Ex. ! Don’t use braces. 2 . p. to tighten (a belt or a string). to tighten in order to make com­ pact. Jintijin

Sources 1

  • Headley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Roat 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.

Where Roat is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India≈1,700 est.≈1 in 786K6Roat42
US United States7201 in 462K722Roat51
ID Indonesia≈390 est.≈1 in 678K—Roat17
GB United Kingdom≈150 est.≈1 in 438K54—3
BR Brazil461 in 4.6M46——
CH Switzerland101 in 840K10—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: the in-instate-surnames-bystate register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Roat is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ròát

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kuwait, Egypt, India, United States

    Also written Ŕōať

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Roat is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, indefinite neuter singular of road

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

Formalआदरणीय Roat जी,Respected Roat ji, (English)
Informalआदरणीय Roat जी,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Roat
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000722#30,516
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010720#32,031
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020700#34,781
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200254#48,432
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—46#111,063
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202410#60,931
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—6#24,518
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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

Where does the name Roat come from?
to break something apart p . violently; a. violently (of breaking). to break apart by pulling violently. fltUn^ to break apart by beating with a stick. Recorded by Headley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ).
How do you pronounce Roat?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹoʊt/ (IPA) for Hindi.
What does the name Roat mean?
Recorded meaning: to break something apart p .
In which country does Roat have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Roat in India, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled roat.
How common is the name Roat?
In the United States, the national register counted 720 people named Roat in 2010, about 1 in 462 thousand residents.

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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, “Roat”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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