The Larocca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,567 people carried this name — #7,301 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,532 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Larocca surname
From la (“the”) + rocca (“fortress, rock”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Larocca» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,393 people named Larocca live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
70 people named Larocca live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 43 people named Larocca.
Most of them — 30 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Larocca in American newspapers,
1915–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 307 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Larocca in Australian newspapers,
1940s–1960s.
22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Larocca. The most, 9, date from the 1950s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Larocca.
Who carried it
People named Larocca,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gilda Larocca 1910–1992 · partisan
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Gilda Larocca 1910–1992 · partisan
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Nicholas LaRocca 1913–1999 · politician
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Jimmy LaRocca 1939–2023 · jazz musician
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Larocca,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States2,125 records
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 925
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 554
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 330
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 182
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 70
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 62
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Salvador J. LaroccaBorn 1920 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at New Orleans; packer from Orleans Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at St Bernard Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Lucia LaroccaArrived at New York in 1905 aboard the Citta di Napoli from Genoa, Naples and Palermo, aged 61; farmer. From Isernia, Italy; bound for Brooklyn.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Vincent Michael LaroccaBorn 1949; from Petersburg, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 2,125 records for Larocca in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).
France90 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Elena LaroccaBorn 1931 in Italy; died 1998 in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois (Haute-Savoie).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Vincent LaroccaBorn 1910 in Tunisia; died 1996 in Lyon (Rhône).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Maria LaroccaBorn 1903 in Italy; died 1991 in Metz (Moselle).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 90 records for Larocca in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Australia19 records
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
- Queensland State Archives indexes 8
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Giuseppe La RoccaLabourer of Werribee, Victoria; died 1984.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Sebastiana LaroccaCame to Queensland as an immigrant in 1915 aboard the Osterley, aged 62.
Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record P. De LaroccaArrived in Victoria in 1901 aboard the Ville de la Ciotat, aged 28.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 19 records for Larocca in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record John Leonardo LaroccaBuried in 1987 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Larocca.
- Lario 186 · U.S. census
- Larios 10,887 · U.S. census
- Larive 332 · U.S. census
- Lariviere 2,578 · U.S. census
- Larkin 23,578 · U.S. census
- Larkins 6,357 · U.S. census
- Laroche 5,618 · U.S. census
- Larochelle 2,558 · U.S. census
- Laronde 217 · U.S. census
- Laroque 830 · U.S. census
- Larosa 6,808 · U.S. census
- Larose 7,552 · U.S. census
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