# Roxburgh (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/roxburgh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 308 |
| US rank (2010) | 64,559 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,002,421 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (305 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɾɔksb(ə)ɾə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Rosborough, Roseberry, Rosebery, Roseboro, Roseburrow, Roxborough |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook, kind of crow”), + -s- + burg (“fortified place”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roxburgh in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 7.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Roxburgh in Australia.

## People named Roxburgh

- Richard Roxburgh, Australian actor

## Similar surnames

Roseborough, Rosborough, Roseberry, Richburg, Rasberry, Roseboro, Rochford, Rexford, Rushford.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.