Find out how popular the last name Rooyakkers is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Rooyakkers.

Rooyakkers, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Rooyakkers surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Rooyakkers in America

Rooyakkers is the 150452nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Rooyakkers surname appeared 109 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Rooyakkers.

We can also compare 2010 data for Rooyakkers to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Rooyakkers

The surname ROOYAKKERS is of Dutch origin, originating in the Netherlands during the late medieval period. It is derived from the Dutch words "rooij" meaning "reed" or "clearing" and "akker" meaning "field" or "acre". The name likely referred to someone who lived near or worked on a cultivated field that was cleared from reed vegetation.

The earliest known record of the ROOYAKKERS surname dates back to the 16th century in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. In 1583, a farmer named Jan Rooyakkers was mentioned in a land registry document from the town of Tilburg. This suggests the name may have originated in this region.

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the ROOYAKKERS name appeared in various parish records and tax rolls across the southern Netherlands and neighboring regions of modern-day Belgium. Some notable individuals include:

1. Adriaen Rooyakkers (1621-1689), a wealthy merchant from Antwerp who owned several trading ships.
2. Johanna Rooyakkers (1738-1802), a renowned lace maker from Breda whose intricate designs were highly sought after by nobility.
3. Pieter Rooyakkers (1770-1843), a farmer and militia captain during the French Revolutionary Wars.
4. Willem Rooyakkers (1825-1901), a prominent architect responsible for designing several churches and public buildings in the Brabant region.
5. Maria Rooyakkers (1867-1932), a respected educator and author of children's books promoting Dutch language and culture.

During the 19th century, many individuals with the ROOYAKKERS surname emigrated from the Netherlands to other parts of the world, particularly North America and South Africa, where they established new branches of the family line.

The name has also been found in various historical records with slight spelling variations such as "Rooijackers", "Rooyackers", and "Roijakkers", which reflect regional dialects and scribal inconsistencies of the time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Rooyakkers

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Rooyakkers.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Rooyakkers was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Rooyakkers has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Rooyakkers was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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