Explore the Family Name Roeske

The meaning of Roeske

1. German (Röske): from a pet form of Rudolf or other personal names formed with hrōd ‘fame, renown’. Compare Roske. 2. Germanized form (Röske) of Sorbian Rězk and Rězka (see Reske), or Rošk and Roška (see Roske), or of some other similar (like-sounding) Slavic surname. Some characteristic forenames: German Erhardt, Ilse, Kurt, Otto, Siegfried.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Roeske saw slight changes in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 26,292 and by 2010, it had moved down to rank 26,313, marking a negligible decrease of 0.08%. However, the count of people bearing the last name increased from 874 in 2000 to 928 in 2010, a growth of 6.18%. The proportion per 100,000 people showed a minor decrease of 3.12%, from 0.32 in 2000 to 0.31 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,292	#26,313	-0.08%
Count	874	928	6.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.31	-3.12%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Roeske

Regarding its ethnic identity, the Roeske surname revealed some notable changes between 2000 and 2010 based on the Decennial U.S. Census results. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander significantly increased from 0.57% in 2000 to 1.72% in 2010, a change of 201.75%. Those claiming two or more races rose slightly from 2.06% to 2.16%. A small decrease was observed among those identifying as White, which dropped from 96.8% to 94.4%. The percentage of those identifying as Black was not recorded in 2000 but reported as 0.75% in 2010. The data for Hispanic and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained unchanged or suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.8%	94.4%	-2.48%
Two or More Races	2.06%	2.16%	4.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.57%	1.72%	201.75%
Black	0%	0.75%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%