Rofe
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Vars.: Rofe(h), Rophe, Roff(e) (see also Rolf); Harofe, Harofe (with the Hebr
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɹəf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rofe is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Australia than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 78K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.9M
- ILIsrael≈1 in 124K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rofe itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Australia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 132 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 78K (inferred from the name graph)
≈330 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Roefe in DE Germany.
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)
Vars.: Rofe(h), Rophe, Roff(e) (see also Rolf); Harofe, Harofe (with the Hebr. def. article). A French family of this name, which originated in Morbihan, claim kinship with the early kings of Brittany. Members of the family have included the Due de Montbazon (/568-1654), who was governor of Paris; Henri, due de Rohan (1579-1658), a Huguenot leader; and Louis, cardinal de Rohan (17 54-1805).
Sources 1
- A dictionary of surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rofe 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU Australia | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 78K | — | Rofe | 89 |
| US United States | 176 | 1 in 1.9M | 204 | Rofe | 132 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 447K | 260 | Rofe | 83 |
| IL Israel | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 124K | — | Rofe | 19 |
| BR Brazil | 60 | 1 in 3.5M | 60 | — | 1 |
| DE Germany | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Roefe | 24 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 140K | — | Rofe | 25 |
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; 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). 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)
Rofe is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
(a deriv. of rafa to heal; cf. Raphael). Vars.: Rohde see Rode Rofe(h), Rophe, Roff(e) (see also Rolf); Harofe, Harofe Rohel see Roach (with the Hebr. def. article). Rofe see Rolf Rohfsen see Rolf
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In Spanish, rough
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, inflection of rōf:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gmw-cfr, to call; to shout
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)
- Henry Rofeb. 1839(1839-1915) of Rofe and Son son of Henry Rofe, Senior 1852 of the Birmingham Waterworks 1915 Obituary
- Esther Rofeb. 1904AUAustralian musician and composer (1904-2000)
- Ron Rofeb. 1914AUAustralian politician
- Geoff Rofeb. 1926GBbadminton administrator and executive
- Alexander Rofeb. 1932ILbiblical scholar
- Stan Rofeb. 1933AUAustralian radio personality
- Dennis Rofeb. 1950GBEnglish footballer and manager (born 1950)
- Ray Rofeb. 1952GBbadminton player
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 17 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 260 | #18,013 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 204 | #85,297 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 176 | #102,197 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 170 | #110,517 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 60 | #92,187 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Rofe come from?
- Vars.: Rofe(h), Rophe, Roff(e) (see also Rolf); Harofe, Harofe (with the Hebr. def. article). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames.
- How do you pronounce Rofe?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹəf/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Rofe mean?
- Recorded meaning: Vars.: Rofe(h), Rophe, Roff(e) (see also Rolf); Harofe, Harofe (with the Hebr.
- In which country does Rofe have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 328 people named Rofe in Australia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rofe.
- How common is the name Rofe?
- In the United States, the national register counted 176 people named Rofe in 2010, about 1 in 1.9 million 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/rofeThe 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, “Rofe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.