How common is the surname Roe?

25,286 people in the United States had the surname Roe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,210 Americans. It ranked 1,406th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Roe?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Roe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Roe?

Tommy Roe, American pop music singer-songwriter, followed by Alex Roe.

Where is the surname Roe most common?

Wikidata records people named Roe in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Is the surname Roe getting more or less common?

More common. 24,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,286 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Roe

An English nickname surname, carried by 25,286 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹoʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roe is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.

Roe is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,286 people named Roe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,210 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,699.

#1,406

rank among US surnames

25,286

people in 2010

8.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,307)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,397	Padgett	25,413	12,149
#1,398	Ackerman	25,401	12,155
#1,399	Heller	25,373	12,168
#1,400	Ziegler	25,351	12,179
#1,401	Vinson	25,341	12,184
#1,402	Eldridge	25,299	12,204
#1,403	Pina	25,293	12,207

Who is named Roe

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

91% of people named Roe identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Roes

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tommy Roe
American pop music singer-songwriter, born 1942
Alex Roe
British actor (born 1990)
Phil Roe
American politician, born 1945
James M. Roe
American astronomer, born 1943
Lou Roe
American basketball player (born 1972)
Channon Roe
American actor, born 1969
Eugene Roe
American military personnel and combat medic (1922-1998)
Tim Roe
Australian road cyclist, born 1989
Garrett Roe
American ice hockey player, born 1988
Evan Roe
American actor, born 2000

Notable Roes come mostly from the United States (8), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roe

Roe has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Roe come from?: From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe.
How common is the surname Roe?: 25,286 people in the United States had the surname Roe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,210 Americans. It ranked 1,406th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roe?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Roe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Roe?: Tommy Roe, American pop music singer-songwriter, followed by Alex Roe.
Where is the surname Roe most common?: Wikidata records people named Roe in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
How do you pronounce Roe?: Roe is /ɹoʊ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Roe?: Roe is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Roe getting more or less common?: More common. 24,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,286 in 2010, up 2.4%.