The surname Roxas
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,706 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɾoː.hɐs/ 2 syllables Soundex R220
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,706 people named Roxas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,976 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,201.
Who is named Roxas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
86% of people named Roxas identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
- Two or more races 4.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Roxas has the Soundex code R220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R220.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Roxas come from?
- Roxas is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Roxas?
- 1,706 people in the United States had the surname Roxas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,976 Americans. It ranked 16,755th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Roxas?
- In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Roxas identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- How do you pronounce Roxas?
- Roxas is /ˈɾoː.hɐs/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Roxas getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,201 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,706 in 2010, up 42%.