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The Roose surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,119 people carried this name — #14,172 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,120).

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 1,880 people named Roose 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 West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 1,318
East Flanders 273
Antwerp 102
Hainaut 64
Flemish Brabant 59
Brussels-Capital 16
Liège 14
Limburg 13

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 360 people named Roose.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Nord 197
Pas-de-Calais 32
Paris 22
Oise 15
Eure 9
Yvelines 7
Loir-et-Cher 6
Somme 5

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 49 people named Roose 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 49

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Roose in American newspapers,
1912–1925.

Newspaper page from Perrysburg Journal carrying the name Roose
Perrysburg Journal 1912-05-24
Newspaper page from The Mahoning Dispatch carrying the name Roose
The Mahoning Dispatch 1912-05-24
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Roose
The Poplar Standard 1925-07-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 276,266 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Roose,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pieter Roose
    Pieter Roose 1585–1673 · politician
  • Betty Roose
    Betty Roose 1778–1808 · actor
  • Richard Roose d. 1532
  • Pieter Ferdinand Roose 1631–1700
  • Antoinette Roose 1810–1890 · photographer
  • Petrus Roose 1822–1884

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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