# Roca (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,819 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,611 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 80,845 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (2,868 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roca 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) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 75% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Roca in Argentina and Cuba.

## People named Roca

- Julio Argentino Roca, Argentine politician and general, former president of Argentina (1843–1914)
- Juan Roca Brunet, basketball player (1950–2022)
- Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca, Argentine lawyer

## Similar surnames

Rock, Rockey, Rocha, Roach, Rosa, Roche, Rocco, Royce, Roosa, Roache, Rocca, Reyes.

## 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.