How common is the surname Roscoe?

5,152 people in the United States had the surname Roscoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,927 Americans. It ranked 6,571st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Roscoe?

Alan Roscoe, American actor (1886-1933).

Where is the surname Roscoe most common?

Wikidata records people named Roscoe in the United States.

Is the surname Roscoe getting more or less common?

More common. 5,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,152 in 2010, up 1.2%.

Is Roscoe also a first name?

Yes. Roscoe is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Roscoe

A Norse place surname, carried by 5,152 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roscoe is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From a place in Lancashire, from Old Norse rá (“roebuck”) + skógr (“forest”).

Roscoe is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,152 people named Roscoe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,927 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,093.

#6,571

rank among US surnames

5,152

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,190)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,567	Gaylord	5,159	59,846
#6,569	Stlouis	5,158	59,858
#6,570	Turman	5,155	59,892
#6,571	Garofalo	5,152	59,927

Who is named Roscoe

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

70% of people named Roscoe identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Roscoes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Roscoe
American actor (1886-1933)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Rosco
Roscow

Surnames that sound like Roscoe

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

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Roscoe come from?: From a place in Lancashire, from Old Norse rá (“roebuck”) + skógr (“forest”).
How common is the surname Roscoe?: 5,152 people in the United States had the surname Roscoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,927 Americans. It ranked 6,571st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roscoe?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Roscoe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Roscoe?: Alan Roscoe, American actor (1886-1933).
Where is the surname Roscoe most common?: Wikidata records people named Roscoe in the United States.
What type of surname is Roscoe?: Roscoe is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Roscoe getting more or less common?: More common. 5,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,152 in 2010, up 1.2%.
What are other spellings of Roscoe?: Rosco and Roscow.
Is Roscoe also a first name?: Yes. Roscoe is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.