# Roh (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/roh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Korean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Korean |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,833 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,871 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 168,437 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (1,270 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 노(盧) (No) and 노(魯) (No), from Chinese 盧 /卢 (lú) and Chinese 魯 /鲁 (lǔ), respectively.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roh in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 72% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Roy, Roe, Roa, Ro, Row, Rohe, Ray, Rowe, Rea, Rao, Rau, Rey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.