as a Last Name
- 42,377
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Roach
Meaning & Origins
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a rocky crag or outcrop, from Old French roche (later replaced in England by rock, from the Norman byform rocque), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, such as Roach in Devon, or Roche in Cornwall and South Yorkshire.
| 693rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 42,377
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Roach per capita
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