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The surname Roop

A surname, carried by 4,175 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R100

Roop: #7,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roop #7,926, 4,175 people Roop: #7,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roop #7,926, 4,175 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roop is more common than 95.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,175 people named Roop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,951 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,101.

#7,926
rank among US surnames
4,175
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1.8%
change since 2000 (was #7,493)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,923Binns4,17873,898
#7,924Autrey4,17773,916
#7,925Laux4,17673,933
#7,926Roop4,17573,951
#7,928Barto4,17473,969
#7,929Constant4,17373,986

Who is named Roop

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

95% of people named Roop identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roop

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

Questions

How common is the surname Roop?
4,175 people in the United States had the surname Roop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,951 Americans. It ranked 7,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roop?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Roop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Roop getting more or less common?
More common. 4,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,175 in 2010, up 1.8%.