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    The surname Roush

    A surname, carried by 11,386 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Roush: #3,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Roush #3,173, 11,386 people Roush: #3,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roush #3,173, 11,386 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roush is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,386 people named Roush in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,116 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,970.

    #3,173
    rank among US surnames
    11,386
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,028)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,164Vest11,40527,071
    #3,165Grogan11,40027,083
    #3,167Rupp11,39927,085
    #3,168Corrigan11,39627,092
    #3,169Breeden11,39527,095
    #3,170Gossett11,38927,109
    #3,171Causey11,38727,114

    Who is named Roush

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

    96% of people named Roush identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Roushs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Edd Roush
      American baseball player and coach (1893-1988)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roush

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roush?
    11,386 people in the United States had the surname Roush in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,116 Americans. It ranked 3,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roush?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Roush identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Roush?
    Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach (1893-1988).
    Where is the surname Roush most common?
    Wikidata records people named Roush in the United States.
    Is the surname Roush getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,386 in 2010, up 3.8%.