The Rocque surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 540 people carried this name — #40,494 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 503 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Rocque surname
Rocque: a surname.
From several places in France such as Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in Alpes-Maritimes, from the original name in Occitan ròcabruna (“brown rock”), from ròca (from Medieval Latin rocca) + brun.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rocque» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 145 people named Rocque.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Calvados.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rocque.
- Rochet 155 · U.S. census
- Rochette 770 · U.S. census
- Rochez 416 · U.S. census
- Rochon 2,573 · U.S. census
- Rock 19,313 · U.S. census
- Rocklin 287 · U.S. census
- Rod 1,465 · U.S. census
- Roda 941 · U.S. census
- Rodde 103 · U.S. census
- Rode 3,363 · U.S. census
- Rodella 112 · U.S. census
- Rodenas 155 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rocque is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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