Explore the Family Name Roecker

The meaning of Roecker

German (Röcker): see Rocker. Some characteristic forenames: German Berthold, Fritz, Gerhardt, Kurt, Otto.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Roecker slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Roecker was ranked as the 27,176th most popular surname in America and it dropped to the 27,452nd spot in 2010, marking a decrease of about 1.02 percent. However, the total count of people with the surname Roecker increased by 4.9 percent from 837 to 878 over the same period. Despite this increase, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 3.23 percent, indicating that the overall population growth outpaced the growth of the Roecker surname.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,176	#27,452	-1.02%
Count	837	878	4.9%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.3	-3.23%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Roecker

When considering ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some notable shifts for the surname Roecker between 2000 and 2010. The vast majority of individuals with the Roecker surname identified as white in both 2000 (95.70%) and 2010 (95.33%), showing a slight decrease by 0.39%. The proportion identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased by 16.67% from 0.96% to 0.80%. Interestingly, the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic rose significantly by 81.51%, from 1.19% to 2.16%. Those identifying as having two or more ethnic identities fell to zero in 2010 from 1.08% in 2000. Lastly, there was an emergence of American Indian and Alaskan Native identity within this surname group, which was not present in 2000 but accounted for 1.03% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.7%	95.33%	-0.39%
Hispanic	1.19%	2.16%	81.51%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.03%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.96%	0.8%	-16.67%
Two or More Races	1.08%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%