# Rojo (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,275 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,479 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,048 people |
| Change since 2000 | +46% (7,062 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish, from rojo. A descriptive surname. Doublet of Rosso.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rojo 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) | 4.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rojo in Argentina, Spain and Uruguay.

## People named Rojo

- Marcos Rojo, Argentine association football player
- Imanol Rojo, Basque cross country skier
- Rodrigo Rojo, association football player
- Ethel Rojo, actress (1937-2012)

## Similar surnames

Rooks, Rocco, Roos, Rook, Rosso, Roose, Roosa, Rosko, Reyes, Ruiz, Ross, Rose.

## 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.