Family name Roof (Rup 
, Roof 
, روف 
) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The last name Roof is characteristic of Slovenia, where it is quite a rare surname, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, the United States, and Bangladesh. More frequently, Roof is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Rup | Bangladesh, Poland, Nepal, India, United States |
| Roof | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, United States |
| روف | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan |
| Руф | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine |
| adam l. roof American politician, US (b. 1810) |
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| albert k. roof American politician, US (b. 1841) |
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phil roof American baseball player, US (b. 1941) |
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gene roof American baseball player, US (b. 1958) |
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| james b. roof botanist (1910-1983) (b. 1910) |
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ted roof American football player and coach, US (b. 1963) |
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katie roof American journalist |
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eric roof baseball coach, US (b. 1986) |
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| judith roof (b. 1951) |
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| michael roof American actor and comedian (1976-2009), US (b. 1976) |
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| inge roof researcher |
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| allyson k roof researcher |
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| scott roof researcher |
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| melanie roof Ph.D. Northwestern University 1999 |
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| stéphane roof Canadian lawyer, CA |
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