Rocks Surname

75,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Rocks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rocks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,1671:353,97619,300
United States1,4011:258,71424,457
England5701:97,75110,367
Northern Ireland4421:4,174824
Scotland3271:16,3732,016
Germany1651:487,91242,047
Australia1641:164,60817,026
United Arab Emirates1571:58,3585,656
Netherlands1361:124,17019,427
Belgium1281:89,81813,955
Fiji1261:7,0981,425
Canada1161:317,63429,153
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Hong Kong701:104,7931,905
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Papua New Guinea471:173,48324,058
Qatar471:50,1704,949
Ireland461:102,3685,449
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Israel171:503,39037,521
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
France101:6,642,272293,169
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
China81:170,915,1968,932
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Belize11:355,4743,977
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2471:17,9352,182
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England741:329,39721,471
Scotland671:55,8693,649
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1551:323,99225,248

Rocks (448) may also be a first name.

Rocks Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rocks Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rocks (Arabic: روكس, Marathi: रॉक्स) occurs most in India. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rocks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 75,270th most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,117,208 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 41 percent of Rocks reside; 34 percent reside in South Asia and 33 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Rocks is also the 404,611th most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 448 people.

The surname Rocks is most numerous in India, where it is held by 2,167 people, or 1 in 353,976. In India Rocks is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent reside, Tamil Nadu, where 9 percent reside and Punjab, where 9 percent reside. Beside India this surname is found in 74 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Rocks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rocks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rocks last name grew 904 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 770 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 488 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 81 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rocks Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (92%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Rocks surname are 14.24% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.01% being registered with the party.

The amount Rocks earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.64% less than the national average, earning R 93,540 per year; in United States they earn 12.2% more than the national average, earning $48,413 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.86% more than the national average, earning $62,530 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roocks91230/
Roecks9192/
Rockse914/
Roucks912/
Rhocks911/
Hrocks910/
Roks892,296/
Rocksch8313/
Rooks8011,643/
Rucks802,562/
Rockx80461/
Recks80167/
Racks8088/
Roeks8043/
Rochs8033/
Roksz8025/
Rokås809/
Roksø805/
Rokst805/
Roksh805/
Rokss804/
Roiks804/
Rouks802/
Rojcs801/
Roucs801/
Rocsh801/
Rocse801/
Rosks801/
Rokse801/
Rojkes7370/
Roeckx7334/
Reecks7322/
Rogksz7318/
Roockx7315/
Raucks7315/
Roksch7315/
Roikes738/
Rooksh733/
Rocsch733/
Roykes732/
Rhodks732/
Rozhks731/
Rohkst731/
Roochs731/
Roecsh731/
Roechs731/
Roukse731/
Rrooks730/
Rouchs730/
Reks67926/
Ruks67670/
Rokx67336/
Raks6772/
Rács6757/
Roxs6739/
Rogs676/
Rokz673/
Roecsch673/
Rocx672/
Roksova671/
Roksová671/
Rokś671/
Ràcs671/
Rosx671/

Rocks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rocks in the Marathi language
रॉक्सroksa-
Rocks in the Arabic language
روكسrwks-

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Rocks Reference & Research

Rock DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Rock FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rocks
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