The Roloff surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,121 people carried this name — #14,160 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is down 6% from 2,254 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
116 people named Roloff have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 157 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Roloff.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
34 people named Roloff is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Roloff,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michael Roloff 1684–1748 · pastor -
Daniel Roloff d. 1724 · blacksmith
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Friedrich Roloff 1678–1743 · pastor
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Friedrich Wilhelm Roloff 1714–1741 · historian
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Georg Ludwig Roloff 1716–1743 · pastor
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Friedrich Jacob Roloff 1721–1788 · preacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Roloff.
- Rolley 843 · U.S. census
- Rolli 425 · U.S. census
- Rollin 1,338 · U.S. census
- Rolling 2,295 · U.S. census
- Rollinger 448 · U.S. census
- Rollo 2,646 · U.S. census
- Roma 1,733 · U.S. census
- Romagnoli 614 · U.S. census
- Romagnolo 144 · U.S. census
- Romain 2,946 · U.S. census
- Roman 72,918 · U.S. census
- Romana 233 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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