How common is the surname Laroche?

5,618 people in the United States had the surname Laroche in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,956 Americans. It ranked 6,104th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Laroche getting more or less common?

More common. 5,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,618 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Laroche

A surname, carried by 5,618 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laroche is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

French surname, from several placenames or nicknames from la roche (“the rock”). Compare Roche.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,618 people named Laroche in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,956 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,361.

#6,104

rank among US surnames

5,618

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,911)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,100	Franzen	5,621	54,927
#6,102	Elizalde	5,620	54,937
#6,103	Agosto	5,619	54,947
#6,104	Laroche	5,618	54,956
#6,105	Honaker	5,617	54,966

Who is named Laroche

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

77% of people named Laroche identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Laroche

Laroche has the Soundex code L620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L620.

Questions

Where does the surname Laroche come from?: French surname, from several placenames or nicknames from la roche (“the rock”). Compare Roche.
How common is the surname Laroche?: 5,618 people in the United States had the surname Laroche in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,956 Americans. It ranked 6,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laroche?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Laroche identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Laroche getting more or less common?: More common. 5,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,618 in 2010, up 4.8%.