How common is the last name Root?

19,501 people in the United States have the last name Root, about 1 in 15,327. It ranks #1,801 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

ROOT

#1,801

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,501
About
1 in 15,327
This common or more
46.6%
Who bears it

Of the 19,501 people with the last name Root, 90.6% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Root

1 other last name also has 19,501 people.

#1,801 Castle · 19,501

Either side of Root

#1,800 Stoltzfus · 19,505#1,801 Castle · 19,501#1,803 Mcwilliams · 19,487#1,804 Jain · 19,471

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Root, most common first.

#5,735 Rood · 5,817#21,146 Rott · 1,263#32,985 Rout · 745#34,781 Roat · 700#66,499 Rooth · 321#92,936 Roote · 212#95,069 Rot · 206

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