Explore the Family Name Rosch

The meaning of Rosch

1. German: variant of Rösch (see Roesch). 2. Germanized form of Sorbian Roš: from a pet form of a personal name beginning with Ro-, such as Rodoslav (see Rod 3). 3. Germanized form of Slovenian Roš (see Ros 7). Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Heinz, Jurgen, Reinhard, Wolfram.

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

The popularity of the surname Rosch, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Rosch ranked as the 30,716th most popular surname in the United States with 716 individuals carrying the name. By 2010, its rank had fallen to 32,710, with a total count of 702, marking a decrease of 1.96% in the number of people with this surname. Its proportion per 100,000 people also decreased by 11.11%, moving from 0.27 to 0.24.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,716	#32,710	-6.49%
Count	716	702	-1.96%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.24	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rosch

Turning to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts among those with the Rosch surname from 2000 to 2010. The largest percentage of individuals identified as White, although this group saw a small decrease of 0.87%. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those reporting two or more races both increased, with the latter seeing a significant increase of 287.14%. The Hispanic population decreased by 39.74%, while the Black population dropped to zero in 2010. The American Indian and Alaskan Native category remained unchanged at zero for both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.55%	93.73%	-0.87%
Two or More Races	0.7%	2.71%	287.14%
Hispanic	3.07%	1.85%	-39.74%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.85%	21.43%
Black	0.98%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%