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    The surname Roose

    A surname, carried by 2,119 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Roose: #14,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roose #14,172, 2,119 people Roose: #14,172 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roose #14,172, 2,119 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roose is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,119 people named Roose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,703 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,120.

    #14,172
    rank among US surnames
    2,119
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #13,207)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,168Lizardo2,120145,635
    #14,172Stalcup2,119145,703
    #14,178Dunfee2,118145,772

    Who is named Roose

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

    94% of people named Roose identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rooses

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Caroline Roose
      Belgian politician, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roose

    Roose 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 Roose?
    2,119 people in the United States had the surname Roose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,703 Americans. It ranked 14,172nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roose?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Roose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Roose?
    Caroline Roose, Belgian politician.
    Where is the surname Roose most common?
    Wikidata records people named Roose in Belgium.
    Is the surname Roose getting more or less common?
    About as common. 2,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,119 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.