How common is the surname Roehm?

1,350 people in the United States had the surname Roehm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Roehm?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Roehm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Roehm getting more or less common?

More common. 1,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Roehm

A German surname, carried by 1,350 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roehm is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Roehm.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,350 people named Roehm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,329.

#19,896

rank among US surnames

1,350

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,975)

Who is named Roehm

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

98% of people named Roehm identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roehm

Roehm has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Roehm come from?: Borrowed from German Roehm.
How common is the surname Roehm?: 1,350 people in the United States had the surname Roehm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roehm?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Roehm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Roehm getting more or less common?: More common. 1,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, up 1.6%.