Explore the Family Name Rorie

The meaning of Rorie

Scottish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí ‘son of Ruaidhrí’ (Rory); see McCrory.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Rorie saw a slight decrease in rank between 2000 and 2010, dropping from the 11,512th most popular name to the 11,685th. Despite this minor fall in rank, the number of individuals with the Rorie surname actually increased by approximately 6.94 percent during this period, rising from 2,508 individuals in 2000 to 2,682 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 also experienced a modest decline of 2.15 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#11,512	#11,685	-1.5%
Count	2,508	2,682	6.94%
Proportion per 100k	0.93	0.91	-2.15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rorie

When analyzing the ethnic identities associated with the surname Rorie, information from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates various shifts between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Black increased slightly, moving from 48.41 percent to 50.19 percent. Meanwhile, those identifying as White decreased slightly from 48.21 percent to 45.34 percent. Noteworthy increases were observed among those identifying as Hispanic (0.80 percent to 1.27 percent), American Indian and Alaskan Native (0.36 percent to 0.48 percent) or two or more races (1.83 percent to 2.31 percent). The proportion of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander remained relatively stable, with a slight increase from 0.40 percent to 0.41 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	48.41%	50.19%	3.68%
White	48.21%	45.34%	-5.95%
Two or More Races	1.83%	2.31%	26.23%
Hispanic	0.8%	1.27%	58.75%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.36%	0.48%	33.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.41%	2.5%