How common is the surname Rochelle?

3,553 people in the United States had the surname Rochelle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,897 Americans. It ranked 9,181st of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Rochelle?

Rochelle is /ɹoʊˈʃɛl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Rochelle getting more or less common?

More common. 3,446 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,553 in 2010, up 3.1%.

Is Rochelle also a first name?

Yes. Rochelle is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rochelle

A French place surname, carried by 3,553 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹoʊˈʃɛl/ 2 syllables Soundex R240 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rochelle is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

Habitational or topographic name from places in France, La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle diminutive form of roche (“rock”).

Rochelle is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,553 people named Rochelle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,897 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,446.

#9,181

rank among US surnames

3,553

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,766)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,175	Lowrance	3,557	86,799
#9,176	Hawn	3,556	86,824
#9,177	Hearne	3,554	86,873
#9,181	Tasker	3,553	86,897
#9,184	Liberty	3,552	86,922

Who is named Rochelle

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

65% of people named Rochelle identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Rochell

Surnames that sound like Rochelle

Rochelle has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rochelle come from?: Habitational or topographic name from places in France, La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle diminutive form of roche (“rock”).
How common is the surname Rochelle?: 3,553 people in the United States had the surname Rochelle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,897 Americans. It ranked 9,181st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rochelle?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Rochelle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Rochelle?: Rochelle is /ɹoʊˈʃɛl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Rochelle?: Rochelle is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Rochelle getting more or less common?: More common. 3,446 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,553 in 2010, up 3.1%.
What are other spellings of Rochelle?: Rochell.
Is Rochelle also a first name?: Yes. Rochelle is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.