How common is the surname Rockhill?

1,236 people in the United States had the surname Rockhill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. It ranked 21,228th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rockhill?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rockhill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rockhill?

William Woodville Rockhill, American diplomat and Sinologist (1854–1914).

Where is the surname Rockhill most common?

Wikidata records people named Rockhill in the United States.

Is the surname Rockhill getting more or less common?

More common. 1,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,236 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Rockhill

A surname, carried by 1,236 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rockhill is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,236 people named Rockhill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,202.

#21,228

rank among US surnames

1,236

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,512)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,228	Corle	1,236	249,794
#21,237	Tillson	1,235	249,996

Who is named Rockhill

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

93% of people named Rockhill identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rockhills

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Woodville Rockhill
American diplomat and Sinologist (1854–1914)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rockhill

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

Questions

How common is the surname Rockhill?: 1,236 people in the United States had the surname Rockhill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. It ranked 21,228th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rockhill?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rockhill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rockhill?: William Woodville Rockhill, American diplomat and Sinologist (1854–1914).
Where is the surname Rockhill most common?: Wikidata records people named Rockhill in the United States.
Is the surname Rockhill getting more or less common?: More common. 1,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,236 in 2010, up 2.8%.