The Rocco surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,380 people carried this name — #5,044 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 231 people named Rocco.
95 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
164 people named Rocco live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Rocco in American newspapers,
1894–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 66,422 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rocco,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio Rocco 1586–1653 · writer -
Carlo Rocco 1799–1849 -
Wilhelm Rocco 1819–1897 · actor -
Emmanuele Rocco 1852–1922 · architect -
Alfredo Rocco 1875–1935 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 140 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rocco.
- Rocafort 100 · U.S. census
- Rocamora 201 · U.S. census
- Rocca 1,561 · U.S. census
- Rocchi 443 · U.S. census
- Rocci 261 · U.S. census
- Roccia 272 · U.S. census
- Roch 874 · U.S. census
- Rocha 42,139 · U.S. census
- Rochat 361 · U.S. census
- Roche 17,905 · U.S. census
- Rochefort 871 · U.S. census
- Rochel 463 · U.S. census
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