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Root

in Michigan

There are 1,866 people with the last name "Root" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

NameRank
Root 405
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  1. is 401st most common Shelton
  2. is 402nd most common Francis
  3. is 403rd most common Rhodes
  4. is 404th most common Mckenzie
  5. is 405th most common Root
  6. is 406th most common Gould
  7. is 407th most common Hines
  8. is 408th most common Novak
  9. is 409th most common Gonzales

Similar Names and Nicknames

Routh, Roots, Routt, Rott, Roath, Roat, Riott, Rooth, Rootes, Rout

Most Common First Names for Root

David, James, Robert, Michael, Richard, William, Thomas, Larry, Gerald, Donald

Meaning & History

English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English rote ‘glad’ (Old English rōt).

English: metonymic occupational name for a player on the rote, an early medieval stringed instrument (Middle English, Old French rote, of uncertain origin but apparently ultimately akin to Welsh crwth).

Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place (Dutch root, a derivative of ro(o)ten ‘to ret’, akin to modern English rot), a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.

Recent Searches for "Root" in Michigan

Since June 2009
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David Root, MI (9 searches)
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