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The Roque surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,203 people carried this name — #2,388 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,400 people counted. That is up 41% from 10,806 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,913 people named Roque 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 897
City of Buenos Aires 534
Córdoba 421
Misiones 315
Mendoza 133
Formosa 131
Tucumán 127
Salta 71

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,667 people named Roque.

140 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 75 départements, most often Hérault.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 140
Hérault 250
Pyrénées-Orientales 170
Dordogne 146
Gard 143
Bouches-du-Rhône 87
Tarn 82
Paris 71
Corrèze 69

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

199 people named Roque live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 37
Vaud 34
Valais 27
Fribourg 19
Zurich 18
Ticino 11
Bern 10
Aargau 9

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 the Nordic population registers

22 people named Roque is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

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).

Who carried it

People named Roque,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean Roque de Fillol
    Jean Roque de Fillol 1824–1889 · politician
  • Roque Gameiro
    Roque Gameiro 1864–1935 · illustrator
  • Roque Gameiro
    Roque Gameiro 1864–1935 · illustrator
  • Juan Roque d. 1623
  • Nicolas Roque 1736–1815 · military officer
  • Frédéric Roque-Ferrier 1801–1883 · writer

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

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