# Roots (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/roots/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,120 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,856 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 275,666 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.7% (1,040 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roots in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 5.2% |

## Similar surnames

Rotz, Rhodes, Ritchie, Rhoades, Rhoads, Rodas, Reddick, Ridgeway, Ritchey, Riddick, Reitz, Ridge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.