The Rogers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 302,261 people carried this name — #66 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 976 people counted. That is up 3% from 294,403 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rogers surname
From Roger + -s, equivalent to Rogerson.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rogers» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 280 people named Rogers 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
171 people named Rogers live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 149 people named Rogers.
Most of them — 92 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 Poland’s population register
37 people named Rogers have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 151 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
210 people named Rogers are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Rogers in American newspapers,
1878–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,877,159 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rogers,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edward Rogers 1498–1568 · politician -
Samuel Rogers 1763–1855 · writer -
Samuel Baldwin Rogers 1778–1863 · inventor -
Charles Rogers 1800–1874 · lawyer -
William Barton Rogers 1804–1882 · physicist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rogers.
- Roessler 2,369 · U.S. census
- Roffe 385 · U.S. census
- Rogala 936 · U.S. census
- Roge 256 · U.S. census
- Rogel 2,265 · U.S. census
- Roger 4,054 · U.S. census
- Roget 112 · U.S. census
- Rogge 2,583 · U.S. census
- Roggero 228 · U.S. census
- Roggy 109 · U.S. census
- Rogier 392 · U.S. census
- Rogne 246 · U.S. census
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