Rouw
surname · Latin script
Meaning: mourning
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɹu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rouw is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 20K(measured from records)
- BEBelgium1 in 733K
- USUnited States1 in 1.8M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 15 (measured from records)
- 1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
851 people, 2007
Reference-verified
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
mourning
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rouw 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 | 851 | 1 in 20K | 851 | Rouw | 14 |
| US United States | 180 | 1 in 1.8M | 198 | Rouw | 4 |
| BE Belgium | 16 | 1 in 733K | 16 | Rouw | 3 |
| FR France | — | — | — | Rouw | 15 |
851 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). 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)
- Dave Donkervoortb. 1962NLnot in their usual nameDutch radio dj
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)
Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 851 | #2,084 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 198 | #98,131 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 180 | #100,302 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 162 | #102,691 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 16 | #54,357 |
| 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 Rouw mean, and where does it come from?
- mourning Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Rouw?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹu/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Rouw?
- In the etymology graph, Rouwen is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Rouw have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 851 people named Rouw, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rouw.
- Where is Rouw most common?
- Rouw is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 20 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Rouw?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 851 people named Rouw in 2007, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Rouw?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rouwThe 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, “Rouw”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.