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The ROOT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 20,001 1641 0.007 74
United States (1880 census) 8,188 738 0.016 164
Change since 1880 +11813 -903 -0.009 -90
Other Countries
Australia 108 13316 0.001 7
United Kingdom 1,096 4880 0.002 24
Top States for ROOT by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 2,340 387 0.024 235
California 1,664 1908 0.005 49
New York 1,594 1117 0.008 84
Ohio 1,304 995 0.011 115
Pennsylvania 1,064 1313 0.009 87
Top States for ROOT by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Vermont 229 363 0.038 376
Michigan 2,340 387 0.024 235
Idaho 184 905 0.014 142
Nebraska 234 736 0.014 137
Washington 756 920 0.013 128

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called ROOT live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called ROOT represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called ROOT in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a ROOT by picking someone at random in Vermont than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of ROOT

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the ROOT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the ROOT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of ROOT in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 268 1.34
White (Hispanic) 250 1.25
Native American/Alaskan 192 0.96
Asian/Pacific 136 0.68
Black/African American 136 0.68
White (Caucasian) 19,017 95.08

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the ROOT surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of ROOT in historical publications

(origin: Local) A place lying low, the base, foot, or bottom of a mountain, the lower part of land.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to ROOT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as ROOT.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for ROOT

The following words are slight variants of ROOT that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.