How common is the surname Routh?

3,648 people in the United States had the surname Routh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,634 Americans. It ranked 8,969th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Routh getting more or less common?

More common. 3,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,648 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Routh also a first name?

Yes. Routh is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Routh

A surname, carried by 3,648 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Routh is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname from English

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,648 people named Routh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,634 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,508.

#8,969

rank among US surnames

3,648

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #8,629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,965	Colgan	3,651	84,565
#8,967	Braddy	3,650	84,588
#8,968	Markus	3,649	84,611
#8,969	Spindler	3,648	84,634
#8,971	Harshman	3,647	84,657

Who is named Routh

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

91% of people named Routh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Routh

Routh has the Soundex code R300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R300.

Questions

How common is the surname Routh?: 3,648 people in the United States had the surname Routh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,634 Americans. It ranked 8,969th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Routh?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Routh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Routh getting more or less common?: More common. 3,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,648 in 2010, up 4.0%.
Is Routh also a first name?: Yes. Routh is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.