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 mapWhere 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
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 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 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 mapWhere they live today
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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Roch.
- 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
- Rocco 6,380 · 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
- Rochelle 3,446 · U.S. census
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