# Rohn (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,149 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,014 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 143,669 people |
| Change since 2000 | -13.9% (2,497 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from the obsolete noun Middle High German ron (“stump, block”). Also a medieval derivative of Ecclesiastical Latin Hieronymus (compare Jerome).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rohn 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rohn in the United States.

## People named Rohn

- Jim Rohn, American motivational speaker, businessman and bestseller author (1930–2009)

## Similar surnames

Roney, Rahn, Roan, Roane, Rone, Ron, Rehn, Rowan, Rhone, Rohan, Rowen, Rohm.

## 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.