The Roels surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 252 people carried this name — #76,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 232 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 3,908 people named Roels live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 352 people named Roels.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Roels.
- Roeder 6,742 · U.S. census
- Roederer 375 · U.S. census
- Roehm 1,350 · U.S. census
- Roehr 759 · U.S. census
- Roehrig 1,217 · U.S. census
- Roeland 121 · U.S. census
- Roemer 3,551 · U.S. census
- Roesch 3,210 · U.S. census
- Roeser 1,053 · U.S. census
- Roess 143 · U.S. census
- Roessel 259 · U.S. census
- Roessler 2,369 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Roels is.
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