How common is the surname Rost?

3,913 people in the United States had the surname Rost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,903 Americans. It ranked 8,439th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rost?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rost getting more or less common?

More common. 3,911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,913 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Rost

A surname, carried by 3,913 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rost is more common than 94.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,913 people named Rost in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,903 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,911.

#8,439

rank among US surnames

3,913

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,851)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,435	Jessie	3,916	78,842
#8,437	Desousa	3,915	78,862
#8,438	Eddins	3,914	78,882
#8,439	Esteves	3,913	78,903

Who is named Rost

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

94% of people named Rost identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rost

Rost has the Soundex code R230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R230.

Questions

How common is the surname Rost?: 3,913 people in the United States had the surname Rost in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,903 Americans. It ranked 8,439th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rost?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rost identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rost getting more or less common?: More common. 3,911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,913 in 2010, up 0.1%.