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    The surname Roseborough

    A surname, carried by 1,157 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R216

    Roseborough: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roseborough #22,281, 1,157 people Roseborough: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roseborough #22,281, 1,157 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roseborough is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Roxburgh.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,157 people named Roseborough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 990.

    #22,281
    rank among US surnames
    1,157
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,831)

    Who is named Roseborough

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

    62% of people named Roseborough identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 62%
    • White (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    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 Roseborough

    Roseborough has the Soundex code R216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R216.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Roseborough come from?
    Variant of Roxburgh.
    How common is the surname Roseborough?
    1,157 people in the United States had the surname Roseborough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. It ranked 22,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roseborough?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Roseborough identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Roseborough getting more or less common?
    More common. 990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,157 in 2010, up 17%.