How common is the surname Rohan?

3,131 people in the United States had the surname Rohan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. It ranked 10,292nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rohan?

In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Rohan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rohan?

Denis Michael Rohan, Australian criminal, followed by Albert Rohan.

Where is the surname Rohan most common?

Wikidata records people named Rohan in Australia and Austria.

Is the surname Rohan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,131 in 2010, up 20%.

Is Rohan also a first name?

Yes. Rohan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rohan

A French place surname, carried by 3,131 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rohan is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.

Rohan is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,131 people named Rohan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,612.

#10,292

rank among US surnames

3,131

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+19.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,141)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546
#10,290	Jarquin	3,132	98,578
#10,292	Andress	3,131	98,609
#10,297	Breese	3,130	98,641
#10,298	Myhre	3,129	98,672

Who is named Rohan

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

79% of people named Rohan identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rohans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Denis Michael Rohan
Australian criminal, 1941–2013
Albert Rohan
Austrian diplomat and politician (1936-2019)

Notable Rohans come mostly from Australia (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rohan

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rohan come from?: Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan and Ruane.
How common is the surname Rohan?: 3,131 people in the United States had the surname Rohan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,609 Americans. It ranked 10,292nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rohan?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Rohan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rohan?: Denis Michael Rohan, Australian criminal, followed by Albert Rohan.
Where is the surname Rohan most common?: Wikidata records people named Rohan in Australia and Austria.
What type of surname is Rohan?: Rohan is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Rohan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,131 in 2010, up 20%.
Is Rohan also a first name?: Yes. Rohan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.