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    The surname Rough

    A surname, carried by 734 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rough: #31,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rough #31,516, 734 people Rough: #31,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rough #31,516, 734 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rough is more common than 80.6% of them.

    Origin

    English and Scottish surname, variant of Ruff, itself of several origins: * From the adjective rough * Variant of Roof, Roff, Rolfe * Scots pronunciation of Rock * German variant of Ruf, itself shortened from Rudolf.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 734 people named Rough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 420,634 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 819.

    #31,516
    rank among US surnames
    734
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #27,669)

    Who is named Rough

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

    90% of people named Rough identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rough

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rough come from?
    English and Scottish surname, variant of Ruff, itself of several origins: * From the adjective rough * Variant of Roof, Roff, Rolfe * Scots pronunciation of Rock * German variant of Ruf, itself shortened from Rudolf.
    How common is the surname Rough?
    734 people in the United States had the surname Rough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 420,634 Americans. It ranked 31,516th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rough?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rough getting more or less common?
    Less common. 819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 734 in 2010, down 10%.