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    The surname Rotherham

    An English place surname, carried by 337 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɹɒðəɹəm/ 3 syllables Soundex R365

    Rotherham: #59,901 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rotherham #59,901, 337 people Rotherham: #59,901 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rotherham #59,901, 337 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rotherham is more common than 63.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Rother (“a river in South Yorkshire”) + Old English hām (“homestead, estate”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 337 people named Rotherham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 916,159 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 316.

    #59,901
    rank among US surnames
    337
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #59,769)

    Who is named Rotherham

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

    95% of people named Rotherham identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Rotheram
    • Rudrum

    Surnames that sound like Rotherham

    Rotherham has the Soundex code R365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R365.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rotherham come from?
    From Rother (“a river in South Yorkshire”) + Old English hām (“homestead, estate”).
    How common is the surname Rotherham?
    337 people in the United States had the surname Rotherham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 916,159 Americans. It ranked 59,901st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rotherham?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rotherham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Rotherham?
    Rotherham is /ˈɹɒðəɹəm/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Rotherham?
    Rotherham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Rotherham getting more or less common?
    More common. 316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 337 in 2010, up 6.6%.
    What are other spellings of Rotherham?
    Rotheram and Rudrum.