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    The surname Rojas

    A Spanish surname, carried by 108,421 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R220

    Rojas: #285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rojas #285, 108,421 people Rojas: #285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Rojas #285, 108,421 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rojas is more common than 99.8% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Rojas.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 108,421 people named Rojas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,848 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 73,071.

    #285
    rank among US surnames
    108,421
    people in 2010
    37
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.4%
    change since 2000 (was #393)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #276Hanson111,1442,778
    #277Le110,9672,782
    #278McCoy110,7442,788
    #279Garrett110,6972,789
    #280Burton110,5292,793
    #281Fuller110,1162,804
    #282Wang109,8832,810

    Who is named Rojas

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

    94% of people named Rojas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Rojass

    15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
      26th President of Colombia (1900-1975)
    • Benjamín Rojas
      Argentine actor, born 1985
    • Alfredo Rojas
      Argentine footballer (1937–2023)
    • Darío Rojas
      Bolivian footballer, born 1960
    • Clemente Rojas
      Boxer, born 1952
    • Bruno Rojas
      Bolivian sprinter, born 1993
    • Alberto Rojas
      American Roman-Catholic priest of Mexican descent, born 1965
    • Ariel Rojas
      Argentine footballer, born 1986
    • Ricardo Rojas
      Argentine writer (1882-1957)
    • Gabriel Rojas
      Argentinian association footballer, born 1997
    • Isaac Francisco del Ángel Rojas
      Argentine politician and admiral (1906-1993)
    • Juliana Rojas
      Brazilian filmmaker (born 1981)

    Notable Rojass come mostly from Argentina (6), Bolivia (3) and Colombia (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rojas

    Rojas has the Soundex code R220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R220.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rojas come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Rojas.
    How common is the surname Rojas?
    108,421 people in the United States had the surname Rojas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,848 Americans. It ranked 285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rojas?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rojas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rojas?
    Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 26th President of Colombia (1900-1975), followed by Benjamín Rojas.
    Where is the surname Rojas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rojas in Argentina, Bolivia and Colombia and 3 other countries.
    Is the surname Rojas getting more or less common?
    More common. 73,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 108,421 in 2010, up 48%.