Roke
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from ME atter oke/atte roke 'at the oak'; first attested Robert Dellroc c1182 MELS (Wo)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 15 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ɹəʊk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Roke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 85K(measured from records)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 223K
- BOBolivia≈1 in 284K
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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 109 (measured from records)
- 1 in 85K (inferred from the name graph)
203 people, 2007
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)from ME atter oke/atte roke 'at the oak'; first attested Robert Dellroc c1182 MELS (Wo)
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Roke 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 | 203 | 1 in 85K | 203 | Roke | 14 |
| US United States | 142 | 1 in 2.3M | 142 | Roke | 109 |
| IN India | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 11M | 2 | Roke | 10 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 575K | 210 | Roke | 63 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 4.9M | — | Roke | 8 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈41 est. | ≈1 in 284K | — | Roke | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 223K | — | Roke | 11 |
| PT Portugal | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 540K | — | Roke | 5 |
203 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Roke is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Māori, dung, poop, poo, faeces, feces, doodoo
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, singular past subjunctive of ruiken
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ロケ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fro, alternative form of roche
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)- Christine RokeNZNew Zealander who received ONZM for services to sexual and reproductive health in June 2019
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)24 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 210 | #20,639 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 203 | #10,237 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 142 | #121,590 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 124 | #139,059 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 109 | #140,756 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #3,998 |
| US United States | wru 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
- What does the name Roke mean, and where does it come from?
- from ME atter oke/atte roke 'at the oak'; first attested Robert Dellroc c1182 MELS (Wo) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Roke?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹəʊk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Roke have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 203 people named Roke, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled roke.
- Where is Roke most common?
- Roke is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 85 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Roke?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 203 people named Roke in 2007, about 1 in 85 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rokeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Roke”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.