How Many People Have the Last Name Roark?
people had the surname Roark in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 20,325 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+436 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Roark (94.1%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Roark ranks #1,857. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Roark grew from 14,073 people in 2000 to 14,509 in 2010 (up 3.1%), and its rank fell from #2,355 to #2,489. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 5.22 to 4.92 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 14,073 | 14,509 |
| Rank | #2,355 | #2,489 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.22 | 4.92 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Roark
| Rank | Surname | People in 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| #2,486 | Laws | 14,511 |
| #2,486 | Salmon | 14,511 |
| #2,488 | Centeno | 14,510 |
| #2,489 | Roark | 14,509 |
| #2,490 | Hostetler | 14,505 |
| #2,491 | Herrington | 14,498 |
| #2,492 | Higginbotham | 14,489 |
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Roark: R620
👤 Roark as a First Name
Roark is a first name too: about 495 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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