# Roach (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/roach/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Anglo-Norman

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 45,019 |
| US rank (2010) | 764 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,858 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (44,454 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Old French roche (“rock”). Compare Roch. * Also as an English surname, from the River Roch; see Roch. * Also as an English surname, shortened from Rochdale.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roach in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Roach in the United States, Australia, Barbados and the United Kingdom.

## People named Roach

- Max Roach, American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (1924–2007)
- Hal Roach, American filmmaker (1892–1992)
- Jay Roach, American filmmaker
- Mary Roach, American science writer
- Steve Roach, American composer and musician
- Bert Roach, actor (1891-1971)
- Freddie Roach, American boxer and trainer
- Michael Roach, American Buddhist writer
- Archie Roach, Australian singer, songwriter; Gunditjmara-Bundjalung storyteller
- Kemar Roach, Barbadian cricketer
- John Roach, 20th-century American Catholic bishop (1921–2003)
- Donn Roach, American baseball player

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Rocha, Roche, Rauch, Roache, Reach, Rosa, Rock, Rausch, Roca, Roesch, Rasch, Raasch.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.