Rochet Surname
Approximately 5,989 people bear this surname
Rochet Surname Definition:
(French, English) Dweller near a rock; one who came from Roche (rock), in Cornwall.
Rochet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 4,652 | 1:14,278 | 1,482 |
| Belgium | 308 | 1:37,327 | 6,097 |
| Dominican Republic | 270 | 1:38,640 | 2,109 |
| United States | 182 | 1:1,991,533 | 128,023 |
| Argentina | 146 | 1:292,763 | 23,421 |
| Puerto Rico | 83 | 1:42,773 | 1,059 |
| New Caledonia | 83 | 1:3,328 | 498 |
| Uruguay | 43 | 1:79,808 | 8,179 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
The alternate forms: Rochét (1) are calculated separately.
Rochet (203) may also be a first name.
Rochet Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French, English) Dweller near a rock; one who came from Roche (rock), in Cornwall.
Rochet Demographics
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Rochet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rochet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rochet (Russian: Рочет) has its highest incidence in France. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Rochét. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rochet? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 81,164th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,216,822 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Rochet reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 635,584th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 203 people.
This last name is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 4,652 people, or 1 in 14,278. In France it is most frequent in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 31 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 18 percent reside and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 16 percent reside. Besides France this last name is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 5 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 5 percent reside.
Rochet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rochet has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 607 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rochet Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rochet last name are 17.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70.83% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rochet earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 1.31% more than the national average, earning $43,713 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.29% less than the national average, earning $31,158 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rochet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rochet in the Russian language | ||
| Рочет | rocet | - |
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Footnotes
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