How common is the surname Roof?

4,494 people in the United States had the surname Roof in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,702 Americans. It ranked 7,406th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Roof?

Dylann Roof, American white supremacist and neo nazi (born April 3nd 1994), followed by Michael Roof.

Where is the surname Roof most common?

Wikidata records people named Roof in the United States.

Is the surname Roof getting more or less common?

More common. 4,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,494 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Roof

A surname, carried by 4,494 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roof is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

* 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).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,494 people named Roof in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,702 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,319.

#7,406

rank among US surnames

4,494

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,135)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,399	Bosco	4,498	68,641
#7,402	Valley	4,497	68,656
#7,404	Edmiston	4,495	68,686
#7,406	Roof	4,494	68,702
#7,408	Zou	4,493	68,717
#7,411	Grullon	4,492	68,732

Who is named Roof

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

94% of people named Roof identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Roofs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roof

Roof has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

Questions

Where does the surname Roof come from?: * 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).
How common is the surname Roof?: 4,494 people in the United States had the surname Roof in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,702 Americans. It ranked 7,406th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roof?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Roof identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Roof?: Dylann Roof, American white supremacist and neo nazi (born April 3nd 1994), followed by Michael Roof.
Where is the surname Roof most common?: Wikidata records people named Roof in the United States.
Is the surname Roof getting more or less common?: More common. 4,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,494 in 2010, up 4.1%.