How common is the surname Roux?

3,387 people in the United States had the surname Roux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,156 Americans. It ranked 9,594th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Roux getting more or less common?

More common. 2,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,387 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Roux

A surname, carried by 3,387 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹuː/ 1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roux is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Rubik's cube thingy's named after French speedcuber Gilles Roux (WCA ID: 2004ROUX01).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,387 people named Roux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,156 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,962.

#9,594

rank among US surnames

3,387

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+14.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,037)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,590	Cendejas	3,390	91,075
#9,592	Bicknell	3,389	91,102
#9,593	Costantino	3,388	91,129
#9,594	Hoelscher	3,387	91,156
#9,596	Keever	3,386	91,183
#9,598	Lundeen	3,385	91,210

Who is named Roux

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

85% of people named Roux identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roux

Roux 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 Roux come from?: Rubik's cube thingy's named after French speedcuber Gilles Roux (WCA ID: 2004ROUX01).
How common is the surname Roux?: 3,387 people in the United States had the surname Roux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,156 Americans. It ranked 9,594th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roux?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Roux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Roux?: Roux is /ɹuː/, one syllable.
Is the surname Roux getting more or less common?: More common. 2,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,387 in 2010, up 14%.