# Rocha (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rocha/  
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 Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 55,251 |
| US rank (2010) | 613 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,588 people |
| Change since 2000 | +31% (42,139 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Rocha, from rocha, from Medieval Latin rocca, from Celtic and Germanic, from Indo-European. Cognate with English rock.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rocha 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) | 16% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 81% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rocha in Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Portugal and Bolivia.

## People named Rocha

- Glauber Rocha, Brazilian film director, actor and writer (1939–1981)
- Ricardo Rocha, Brazilian footballer (born 1962)
- Adi Rocha, Brazilian association football player
- Kali Rocha, American actress
- Marcos Rocha, Brazilian association football player
- Genilson da Rocha Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Valdinei Rocha de Oliveira, Brazilian association football player
- Willian Rocha, Brazilian association football player
- Joaquín Rocha, boxer
- Léo Rocha, Brazilian association football player
- Red Rocha, American basketball player and coach (1923–2010)
- Dardo Rocha, Argentine politician and academic (1838–1921)

and 18 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Roach, Roche, Roache, Rosa, Rock, Roca, Roesch, Rocca, Reyes, Ruiz, Ross, Rose.

## 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.