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    The surname Rooker

    A surname, carried by 3,000 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Rooker: #10,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rooker #10,663, 3,000 people Rooker: #10,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rooker #10,663, 3,000 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rooker is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,000 people named Rooker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,789.

    #10,663
    rank among US surnames
    3,000
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,553)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,657Holz3,002102,847
    #10,662Bogdan3,001102,881
    #10,663Nee3,000102,915
    #10,668Troupe2,999102,949
    #10,671Bolivar2,997103,018

    Who is named Rooker

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

    88% of people named Rooker identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rookers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Rooker
      American actor, born 1955

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rooker

    Rooker has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rooker?
    3,000 people in the United States had the surname Rooker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,915 Americans. It ranked 10,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rooker?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Rooker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rooker?
    Michael Rooker, American actor.
    Where is the surname Rooker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rooker in the United States.
    Is the surname Rooker getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,000 in 2010, up 7.6%.