How common is the surname Rohrer?

7,750 people in the United States had the surname Rohrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,838 Americans. It ranked 4,580th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rohrer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rohrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rohrer?

Anneliese Rohrer, Austrian journalist.

Where is the surname Rohrer most common?

Wikidata records people named Rohrer in Austria.

Is the surname Rohrer getting more or less common?

More common. 7,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,750 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Rohrer

A German surname, carried by 7,750 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rohrer is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Rohrer.

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 7,750 people named Rohrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,838 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,510.

#4,580

rank among US surnames

7,750

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,372)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,576	Herrin	7,755	39,812
#4,577	Brogan	7,754	39,818
#4,578	Lung	7,753	39,823
#4,580	Rohrer	7,750	39,838
#4,581	Poland	7,746	39,859

Who is named Rohrer

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

96% of people named Rohrer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rohrers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anneliese Rohrer
Austrian journalist, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Rorer

Rohrer has the Soundex code R660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R660.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rohrer come from?: Borrowed from German Rohrer.
How common is the surname Rohrer?: 7,750 people in the United States had the surname Rohrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,838 Americans. It ranked 4,580th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rohrer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rohrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rohrer?: Anneliese Rohrer, Austrian journalist.
Where is the surname Rohrer most common?: Wikidata records people named Rohrer in Austria.
Is the surname Rohrer getting more or less common?: More common. 7,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,750 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Rohrer?: Rorer.