How common is the surname Roos?

5,051 people in the United States had the surname Roos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,126 Americans. It ranked 6,690th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Roos?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Roos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Roos?

Don Roos, American screenwriter and director, followed by Fred Roos.

Where is the surname Roos most common?

Wikidata records people named Roos in the United States.

Is the surname Roos getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,051 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Roos

A surname, carried by 5,051 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roos is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,051 people named Roos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,126 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,072.

#6,690

rank among US surnames

5,051

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,211)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,681	Muth	5,054	61,089
#6,684	Candelario	5,053	61,101
#6,688	Nevins	5,052	61,114
#6,690	Roos	5,051	61,126
#6,691	Fricke	5,048	61,162
#6,692	Mach	5,047	61,174
#6,694	Kenner	5,045	61,198

Who is named Roos

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

93% of people named Roos identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rooss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Don Roos
American screenwriter and director, born 1955
Fred Roos
American film producer (1934–2024)
Joanna Roos
American actress and playwright (1901-1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roos

Roos has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Roos?: 5,051 people in the United States had the surname Roos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,126 Americans. It ranked 6,690th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roos?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Roos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Roos?: Don Roos, American screenwriter and director, followed by Fred Roos.
Where is the surname Roos most common?: Wikidata records people named Roos in the United States.
Is the surname Roos getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,051 in 2010, down 0.4%.