Roach Surname
Approximately 85,923 people bear this surname
Roach Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the rock' (Old French roche, a rock), from residence beside some prominent rock; v. Rock.
Alice de la Roche, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Gilbert de la Roche, Wiltshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameRoach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59,217 | 1:6,121 | 707 |
| England | 7,471 | 1:7,458 | 1,084 |
| Australia | 6,089 | 1:4,434 | 640 |
| Canada | 5,230 | 1:7,045 | 1,039 |
| Jamaica | 1,664 | 1:1,725 | 292 |
| Wales | 941 | 1:3,289 | 355 |
| Barbados | 922 | 1:312 | 73 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 865 | 1:1,577 | 246 |
| South Africa | 762 | 1:71,099 | 8,863 |
| New Zealand | 656 | 1:6,903 | 1,171 |
| Scotland | 264 | 1:20,280 | 2,362 |
| Guyana | 210 | 1:3,630 | 658 |
| Panama | 199 | 1:19,660 | 1,334 |
| India | 151 | 1:5,079,903 | 126,627 |
| Bahamas | 114 | 1:3,436 | 411 |
| Chile | 99 | 1:177,944 | 5,813 |
| Thailand | 69 | 1:1,023,744 | 155,957 |
| Peru | 63 | 1:504,510 | 14,225 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 62 | 1:1,600 | 275 |
| Argentina | 59 | 1:724,465 | 49,289 |
| Venezuela | 54 | 1:559,335 | 10,264 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Ireland | 44 | 1:107,021 | 5,562 |
| Luxembourg | 42 | 1:13,822 | 2,948 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 40 | 1:2,759 | 470 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Bermuda | 24 | 1:2,720 | 427 |
| Montserrat | 24 | 1:206 | 43 |
| Mexico | 23 | 1:5,396,792 | 30,197 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 | 1:92,252 | 5,957 |
| Ecuador | 19 | 1:837,150 | 13,424 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Grenada | 11 | 1:9,867 | 804 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Dominica | 9 | 1:8,432 | 394 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Saint Lucia | 9 | 1:19,865 | 1,494 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Cayman Islands | 7 | 1:9,128 | 1,205 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 1:11,040 | 818 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 1:28,165 | 1,050 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 476 | 1:9,306 | 1,367 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,798 | 1:6,418 | 987 |
| Wales | 509 | 1:3,081 | 201 |
| Scotland | 74 | 1:50,584 | 3,461 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:4,324 | 761 |
| Isle of Man | 6 | 1:9,045 | 877 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,390 | 1:3,064 | 354 |
Roach (186) may also be a first name.
Roach Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the rock' (Old French roche, a rock), from residence beside some prominent rock; v. Rock.
Alice de la Roche, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Gilbert de la Roche, Wiltshire, ibid.
William de la Roch, Somerset, ibid.
Agnes de la Roche, Cambridgeshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
1660. Baptised — Seenehouse, s. John Roche: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1675-6. — Elizabeth, d. Thomas Roach: St. Dionis Backchurch.
Roche, q.v.
(Irish) Dweller at, or near, a rock.
Roache, or Roche, a parish in Cornwall; an abbey in Yorkshire; and a river in Lancashire. The first-named place was so called, according to Tonkin, from St. Roche, a Marsellaise saint; but it is more likely a provincial pronunciation of rock, for in 1291 it is called De Rupe. D. Gilbert's Cornw., iii. 396.
From French roche, a rock.
Roach Demographics
Roach Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Roach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roach Come From? nationality or country of origin
Roach (Marathi: रोच) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roach? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,576th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 84,815 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Roach live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. Roach is also the 667,122nd most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 186 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 59,217 people, or 1 in 6,121. In The United States Roach is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Excluding The United States Roach occurs in 102 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.
Roach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Roach has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Roach surname expanded 361 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 357 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Roach Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Roach last name is chiefly Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States Roach are 13.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.36% being registered with the political party.
The amount Roach earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 124.08% more than the national average, earning 775,489 kr per year; in Peru they earn 24.62% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,612 per year; in South Africa they earn 94.62% more than the national average, earning R 462,492 per year; in United States they earn 1.77% less than the national average, earning $42,384 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.77% more than the national average, earning $50,064 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roach Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roach in the Marathi language | ||
| रोच | roca | - |
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