How common is the surname Shroff?

1,094 people in the United States had the surname Shroff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. It ranked 23,283rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shroff getting more or less common?

More common. 784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,094 in 2010, up 40%.

The surname Shroff

A Hindi surname, carried by 1,094 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shroff is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

Hindi origin

An British Indian variant of Saraf, borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “monet charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,094 people named Shroff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 784.

#23,283

rank among US surnames

1,094

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+39.5%

change since 2000 (was #28,617)

Who is named Shroff

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

82% of people named Shroff identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
White (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shroff

Shroff has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

Other Hindi surnames

All 48 Hindi surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shroff come from?: An British Indian variant of Saraf, borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “monet charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).
How common is the surname Shroff?: 1,094 people in the United States had the surname Shroff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. It ranked 23,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shroff?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Shroff identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shroff getting more or less common?: More common. 784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,094 in 2010, up 40%.