How common is the surname Roehrig?

1,217 people in the United States had the surname Roehrig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,694 Americans. It ranked 21,470th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Roehrig?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Roehrig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Roehrig getting more or less common?

More common. 1,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,217 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Roehrig

A surname, carried by 1,217 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roehrig is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,217 people named Roehrig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,694 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,203.

#21,470

rank among US surnames

1,217

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,497)

Who is named Roehrig

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

94% of people named Roehrig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roehrig

Rohrs

Roehrig has the Soundex code R620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R620.

Questions

How common is the surname Roehrig?: 1,217 people in the United States had the surname Roehrig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,694 Americans. It ranked 21,470th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roehrig?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Roehrig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Roehrig getting more or less common?: More common. 1,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,217 in 2010, up 1.2%.