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The Roca surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,819 people carried this name — #8,611 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 33% from 2,868 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 6,719 people named Roca 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,636
City of Buenos Aires 1,002
Córdoba 559
Salta 497
San Juan 353
Mendoza 353
Santa Fe 318
Neuquén 136

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,212 people named Roca.

343 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 72 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 343
Pyrénées-Orientales 272
Hérault 84
Aude 82
Hauts-de-Seine 50
Haute-Garonne 41
Gers 28
Rhône 26
Paris 26

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

168 people named Roca live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 60
Zurich 40
Vaud 14
Ticino 11
Neuchâtel 9
Valais 7
St. Gallen 7
Bern 6

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 64 people named Roca live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 41
West Flanders 12
Flemish Brabant 6
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Roca in American newspapers,
1902–1909.

Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Roca
The Western News 1909-07-28
Newspaper page from The Providence News carrying the name Roca
The Providence News 1902-01-01
Newspaper page from The Havre Herald carrying the name Roca
The Havre Herald 1906-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,689 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Roca,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joaquín Roca y Cornet
    Joaquín Roca y Cornet 1804–1873 · writer
  • Maximo Antonio Roca Perez d. 1973
  • Úrsula Roca Beya d. 1620
  • Joan Roca Vinent 1747–1826 · writer
  • Josep Maria Roca i Cabanes 1805–1885
  • Antoni Roca i Dencàs 1806–1889 · businessperson

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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