Last Name ROACH

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Meaning Local: At the rock.
Local: At the rock (Old French 'roche,' a rock), from residence beside some prominent rock.
Origin English, Jewish, Native American, Falkland, Maori, South african

Rank 704 (2000 US census) 762 (1990 US census)
Count 44,454 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.24%, or 36559 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.23%, or 5881 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.44%, or 196 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.76%, or 338 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.58%, or 702 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.76%, or 782 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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