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    The surname Rohrbough

    A German surname, carried by 362 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R612

    Rohrbough: #56,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rohrbough #56,444, 362 people Rohrbough: #56,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rohrbough #56,444, 362 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rohrbough is more common than 65.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Ultimately from German Rohrbach (“reed brook”). The spelling -bough reflects an English-influenced phonetic rendering of -bach among German immigrants, especially in North America.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 362 people named Rohrbough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 852,888 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 346.

    #56,444
    rank among US surnames
    362
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #55,481)

    Who is named Rohrbough

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

    94% of people named Rohrbough identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rohrbough

    Rohrbough has the Soundex code R612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R612.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rohrbough come from?
    Ultimately from German Rohrbach (“reed brook”). The spelling -bough reflects an English-influenced phonetic rendering of -bach among German immigrants, especially in North America.
    How common is the surname Rohrbough?
    362 people in the United States had the surname Rohrbough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 852,888 Americans. It ranked 56,444th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rohrbough?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rohrbough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rohrbough getting more or less common?
    More common. 346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 362 in 2010, up 4.6%.