Rogers Surname
Approximately 572,436 people bear this surname
Rogers Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Roger.' In Domesday Rogerus, Norfolk Exceedingly common in the 13th century all over the country, giving us the nicks. Hodge and Dodge, and through them Hodgson, Hodgkins, Hodgkinson, &c, which see.
Read More About This SurnameRogers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 385,504 | 1:940 | 57 |
| England | 62,214 | 1:896 | 86 |
| Sierra Leone | 32,110 | 1:221 | 37 |
| Australia | 30,431 | 1:887 | 79 |
| Canada | 20,770 | 1:1,774 | 169 |
| Wales | 7,190 | 1:430 | 31 |
| South Africa | 4,192 | 1:12,924 | 1,618 |
| New Zealand | 3,905 | 1:1,160 | 110 |
| Ireland | 3,711 | 1:1,269 | 255 |
| Liberia | 3,582 | 1:1,231 | 166 |
| Scotland | 1,679 | 1:3,189 | 570 |
| Tanzania | 1,539 | 1:34,400 | 4,015 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,184 | 1:1,558 | 332 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 970 | 1:1,406 | 204 |
| Nigeria | 936 | 1:189,255 | 11,482 |
| France | 754 | 1:88,094 | 12,599 |
| Guyana | 652 | 1:1,169 | 181 |
| Saint Martin | 617 | 1:57 | 21 |
| Thailand | 582 | 1:121,372 | 18,204 |
| Germany | 500 | 1:161,011 | 19,131 |
| Chile | 494 | 1:35,661 | 1,837 |
| Spain | 462 | 1:101,195 | 8,242 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Dominican Republic | 424 | 1:24,606 | 1,552 |
| Panama | 347 | 1:11,275 | 958 |
| Anguilla | 336 | 1:40 | 10 |
| Jamaica | 325 | 1:8,831 | 993 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 325 | 1:340 | 31 |
| Fiji | 314 | 1:2,848 | 493 |
| Argentina | 313 | 1:136,560 | 11,558 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 291 | 1:190 | 38 |
| Uganda | 273 | 1:143,001 | 12,845 |
| Zimbabwe | 251 | 1:61,507 | 9,277 |
| Japan | 243 | 1:526,108 | 14,829 |
| Barbados | 220 | 1:1,307 | 294 |
| Brazil | 210 | 1:1,019,402 | 35,992 |
| Mauritius | 207 | 1:6,248 | 1,304 |
| India | 199 | 1:3,854,600 | 106,004 |
| Malaysia | 193 | 1:152,820 | 9,522 |
| Mexico | 185 | 1:670,952 | 10,576 |
| Netherlands | 177 | 1:95,408 | 15,599 |
| Philippines | 150 | 1:674,921 | 69,745 |
| Switzerland | 144 | 1:57,034 | 7,250 |
| Bahamas | 134 | 1:2,924 | 375 |
| Guatemala | 125 | 1:128,661 | 3,229 |
| Venezuela | 116 | 1:260,380 | 6,359 |
| Grenada | 106 | 1:1,024 | 192 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102 | 1:1,104 | 256 |
| Costa Rica | 100 | 1:47,801 | 1,115 |
| Sweden | 98 | 1:100,477 | 7,289 |
| Suriname | 96 | 1:5,756 | 1,347 |
| Russia | 84 | 1:1,715,751 | 112,504 |
| Israel | 82 | 1:104,361 | 11,903 |
| Kenya | 82 | 1:563,170 | 26,996 |
| Jersey | 76 | 1:1,305 | 180 |
| Bermuda | 75 | 1:870 | 141 |
| Denmark | 73 | 1:77,325 | 7,557 |
| Belize | 69 | 1:5,152 | 898 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 67 | 1:1,480 | 258 |
| Malta | 66 | 1:6,519 | 434 |
| Italy | 62 | 1:986,398 | 69,332 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| China | 55 | 1:24,860,392 | 1,354 |
| Norway | 53 | 1:97,024 | 13,264 |
| Guernsey | 51 | 1:1,264 | 261 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Greece | 47 | 1:235,740 | 36,293 |
| Hong Kong | 38 | 1:193,039 | 2,983 |
| Aruba | 37 | 1:2,797 | 396 |
| Ecuador | 36 | 1:441,829 | 10,328 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Saint Lucia | 31 | 1:5,767 | 755 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Isle of Man | 26 | 1:3,301 | 713 |
| Gibraltar | 25 | 1:1,358 | 302 |
| Colombia | 24 | 1:1,990,586 | 12,178 |
| Finland | 24 | 1:229,029 | 18,579 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Cayman Islands | 21 | 1:3,043 | 397 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Sri Lanka | 20 | 1:1,040,428 | 9,141 |
| Curaçao | 19 | 1:8,276 | 277 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 17 | 1:344 | 67 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1:2,009,574 | 14,441 |
| Cyprus | 16 | 1:55,305 | 5,325 |
| Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
| South Korea | 16 | 1:3,202,516 | 604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Ghana | 14 | 1:1,930,049 | 11,535 |
| Rwanda | 14 | 1:811,784 | 2,625 |
| Vietnam | 14 | 1:6,617,575 | 2,518 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Monaco | 10 | 1:3,707 | 328 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| Samoa | 9 | 1:21,534 | 479 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Egypt | 7 | 1:13,133,679 | 62,289 |
| Greenland | 7 | 1:8,054 | 710 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Palestine | 7 | 1:649,836 | 13,939 |
| Sudan | 7 | 1:5,358,599 | 8,162 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Montserrat | 4 | 1:1,237 | 187 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Angola | 3 | 1:8,996,405 | 11,732 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 1:9,087,190 | 7,315 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1:36,939,785 | 260,488 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Micronesia | 2 | 1:53,122 | 1,264 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3,603 | 1:1,229 | 235 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 34,203 | 1:713 | 72 |
| Wales | 4,077 | 1:385 | 37 |
| Scotland | 539 | 1:6,945 | 985 |
| Jersey | 46 | 1:1,128 | 177 |
| Isle of Man | 30 | 1:1,809 | 241 |
| Guernsey | 20 | 1:1,633 | 288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 62,630 | 1:802 | 55 |
The alternate forms: Rógers (1) & Rögers (1) are calculated separately.
Rogers (114,609) may also be a first name.
Rogers Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Roger.' In Domesday Rogerus, Norfolk Exceedingly common in the 13th century all over the country, giving us the nicks. Hodge and Dodge, and through them Hodgson, Hodgkins, Hodgkinson, &c, which see. Roger vied with Robert, John, and William for popularity for several centuries. In France, too, the name was a favourite, the French proverb for 'There's a good time coming' being 'Roger Bon Temps.' Hodge is now an English synonym for a peasant or agricultural labourer. Once a knightly name, Roger has fallen from his high estate, and is, as Joan, ever among the poor. Early registers teem with the name. I furnish one or two instances for form's sake:
Adam fil. Rogeri, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robert fil. Rogeri, Norfolk, ibid.
Eufemia fil. Rogert. Suffolk, 30 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Waltero Rogero, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Willelmus Rogerson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Rogerus Smyth, 1379: ibid.
1788. Married — John Cooper and Elizabeth Rogerson: St. George, Hanover Square.
1808. — James Rodgers and Mary Spencer: ibid.
Roger’s (Son), v. Roger, Rodger.
In Ireland these English names usually stand for MacRory, q.v
“Famous Spearman” in Old German (Rudiger).
(Welsh, English) The son of Roger (fame, spear).
See Roger. The family of Rogers of Home, in Shropshire, are a cadet of the Norburys of Norbury in that county. In 7. Edward II., Roger de Norbury, son of Philip, and grandson of Roger de Norbury, had a grant of the estate of Home. His son took the name of Rogers, and his posterity under that appellation have ever since resided at Home. B.L.G.
For Roger. This name is borne by the Baronets Rogers.
Rogers. —Rare or absent in England north of a line drawn from the Humber to the Mersey. Scattered over the rest of England and also Wales, but generally infrequent in the eastern counties, being by far the most numerous in the western half of its area. It is most common in Herefordshire and Shropshire, and also in Cornwall. The counties next distinguished are Bucks and Sussex. Its only representatives in the north of England are the Rogersons of Lancashire. Rodger is the Scotch form, it has no definite distribution. In England we only find it occasionally, as in the case of Rodgers in Derbyshire. Lower says that there is an ancient family of Rogers in Shropshire dating back to the time of Edward II.
Rogers Demographics
Rogers Religious Adherence
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Rogers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rogers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rogers (Hindi: रोजर्स, Marathi: रॉजर्स) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Rógers or Rögers. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rogers? popularity and diffusion
Rogers is the 932nd most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,731 people. Rogers occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Rogers are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 8,979th most widespread first name on earth, held by 114,609 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 385,504 people, or 1 in 940. In The United States Rogers is primarily found in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Other than The United States it occurs in 186 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Sierra Leone, where 6 percent reside.
Rogers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Rogers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rogers last name rose 616 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 103 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 312 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rogers Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Rogers last name is principally Catholic (78%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Rogers last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Rogers earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning 391,476 kr per year; in Peru they earn 2775.8% more than the national average, earning S/. 557,474 per year; in South Africa they earn 59.18% more than the national average, earning R 378,264 per year; in Colombia they earn 6.02% more than the national average, earning $24,068,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.88% less than the national average, earning $41,474 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.61% more than the national average, earning $51,477 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rogers Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rogers in the Hindi language | ||
| रोजर्स | rojarsa | - |
| Rogers in the Marathi language | ||
| रॉजर्स | rojarsa | - |
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