How common is the surname Rockwood?

2,877 people in the United States had the surname Rockwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,315 Americans. It ranked 11,051st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rockwood?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rockwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rockwood getting more or less common?

More common. 2,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,877 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Rockwood

A surname, carried by 2,877 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rockwood is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,877 people named Rockwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,315 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,744.

#11,051

rank among US surnames

2,877

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,688)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,044	Rickett	2,879	107,241
#11,047	Branum	2,878	107,278
#11,051	Dabrowski	2,877	107,315
#11,054	Béres	2,876	107,352
#11,057	Hopwood	2,875	107,390
#11,060	Ehrhardt	2,874	107,427

Who is named Rockwood

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

89% of people named Rockwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Rockwood?: 2,877 people in the United States had the surname Rockwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,315 Americans. It ranked 11,051st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rockwood?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rockwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rockwood getting more or less common?: More common. 2,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,877 in 2010, up 4.8%.