# Roof (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/roof/  
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) | 4,494 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,406 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,702 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (4,319 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Rolfe. * As a German surname, from a personal name ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi (“fame, glory, renown”); also Americanized from Ruff, itself shortened from Rudolf (and from the same root).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roof 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Roof in the United States.

## People named Roof

- Dylann Roof, American white supremacist and neo nazi (born April 3nd 1994)
- Michael Roof, American actor and comedian (1976–2009)

## Similar surnames

Roff, Roop, Rubio, Ruff, Rapp, Robb, Rupp, Roby, Ruby, Rife, Reeve, Raab.

## 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.