The surname Rockett
A Norman surname, carried by 2,836 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex R230
Origin
Norman origin
From a diminutive of Anglo-Norman roque (“rock”).
One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,836 people named Rockett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,867 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,676.
Who is named Rockett
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
65% of people named Rockett identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 65%
- Black (not Hispanic) 31%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Rockett has the Soundex code R230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R230.
Other Norman surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Rockett come from?
- From a diminutive of Anglo-Norman roque (“rock”).
- How common is the surname Rockett?
- 2,836 people in the United States had the surname Rockett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,867 Americans. It ranked 11,158th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rockett?
- In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Rockett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Rockett getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,836 in 2010, up 6.0%.