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    The surname Roots

    A surname, carried by 1,120 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R320

    Roots: #22,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roots #22,856, 1,120 people Roots: #22,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roots #22,856, 1,120 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roots is more common than 85.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,120 people named Roots in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,666 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,040.

    #22,856
    rank among US surnames
    1,120
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,973)

    Who is named Roots

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

    47% of people named Roots identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roots

    Roots has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roots?
    1,120 people in the United States had the surname Roots in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,666 Americans. It ranked 22,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roots?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Roots identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Roots getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,120 in 2010, up 7.7%.