Roch surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Roch surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 874 people carried this name — #26,292 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,616 people named Roch.

109 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 109
Haute-Savoie 345
Paris 212
Nord 111
Moselle 110
Hérault 98
Doubs 87
Meurthe-et-Moselle 85
Vosges 67

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

773 people named Roch live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 284
Valais 159
Fribourg 135
Geneva 128
Bern 23
Zurich 20
Aargau 11
Basel-Stadt 7

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 Poland’s population register

635 people named Roch have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 730 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 250
Lesser Poland 103
Warmian-Masurian 67
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 44
Lublin 44
Lower Silesian 31
Pomeranian 26
Subcarpathian 22

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 99 people named Roch 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 Walloon Brabant.

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

Where they live today

Walloon Brabant 44
Hainaut 39
Luxembourg Province 10
Brussels-Capital 6

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

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