Surname Checker / Root
How Common Is the Last Name Root?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Root today
22,459
Ranked #1,770 of 162,254 published surnames · 6.88 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 20,284 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
93.58%
Black
0.61%
Asian / Pacific Islander
1.11%
Hispanic
2.34%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.