Explore the Family Name Rockey

The meaning of Rockey

English (Devon): habitational name from Rokehay Farm in Membury (Devon). The placename may derive from Middle English oke ‘oak’ + heie ‘fence, enclosure’ (Old English āc, (ge)hæg), by misdivision of the phrase atter okeheie ‘at the oak enclosure’.

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How common is the last name Rockey in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Rockey had a slight decrease in rank from 11,578th in 2000 to 11,736th in 2010, showing a change of -1.36%. Despite this, the count of individuals with this surname increased by 7.27%, growing from 2,489 in 2000 to 2,670 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people remained relatively steady with only a slight decrease of -1.09%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#11,578	#11,736	-1.36%
Count	2,489	2,670	7.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.92	0.91	-1.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rockey

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Rockey has shown some changes between 2000 and 2010, as revealed by the Decennial U.S. Census. In terms of ethnicity, the majority of the people with the Rockey surname were identified as White, constituting 95.62% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 95.28% in 2010. The second most common ethnic identity was those identifying with two or more races, which saw an increase from 0.92% to 1.20%. There was a notable increase in individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, increasing by 19.64% and 52.27% respectively. However, the percentage of those identifying as Black saw a significant decrease from 1.04% to 0.49%. Those identifying as Hispanic showed a small increase from 1.41% to 1.69%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.62%	95.28%	-0.36%
Hispanic	1.41%	1.69%	19.86%
Two or More Races	0.92%	1.2%	30.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.56%	0.67%	19.64%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.44%	0.67%	52.27%
Black	1.04%	0.49%	-52.88%