How common is the surname Roh?

1,833 people in the United States had the surname Roh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,437 Americans. It ranked 15,871st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Roh getting more or less common?

More common. 1,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,833 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Roh

A Korean surname, carried by 1,833 people in the United States.

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). Roh is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

Korean origin

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

One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,833 people named Roh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,437 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,270.

#15,871

rank among US surnames

1,833

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+44.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,642)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,864	Leonardi	1,834	168,345
#15,871	Roh	1,833	168,437
#15,879	Bondy	1,832	168,529

Who is named Roh

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

72% of people named Roh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 72%
White (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roh

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

Other Korean surnames

All 42 Korean surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Roh come from?: Borrowed from Korean 노(盧) (No) and 노(魯) (No), from Chinese 盧 /卢 (lú) and Chinese 魯 /鲁 (lǔ), respectively.
How common is the surname Roh?: 1,833 people in the United States had the surname Roh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,437 Americans. It ranked 15,871st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roh?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Roh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Roh getting more or less common?: More common. 1,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,833 in 2010, up 44%.