Roach Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 13
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 13
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 86
Cornwall 276
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 15
Devon 369
Dorset 8
Durham 124
Essex 223
Gloucestershire 305
Hampshire 163
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 18
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 66
Lancashire 826
Leicestershire 45
Lincolnshire 17
London 555
Middlesex 118
Northumberland 49
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 44
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 19
Suffolk 38
Somerset 33
Surrey 101
Sussex 51
Staffordshire 81
Warwickshire 126
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 40
Worcestershire 59
Yorkshire 162

Wales

Anglesey 15
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 10
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 27
Denbighshire 9
Flintshire 3
Glamorgan 446
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 139
Pembrokeshire 158
Radnorshire 0

Roach Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Roach family

Profession Census Frequency
School 495
General Labourer 50
Labourer 40
Coal Miner Hewer 39
Farm Labourer 34
Private Means 29
At School 28
Dock Labourer 26
Dressmaker 25
Scholar 23
At Home 21
General Servant (domestic) 21
None 20
Farmer 19
House Keeper 17
Domestic Servant 16
Laundress 16
Dress Maker 13
Shop Assistant 11
Charwoman 10
School Boy 10
Coal Miner 10
Errand Boy 10
Student 10
Cotton Weaver 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Roach

Name Census Frequency
Mary Roach 2,428
John Roach 2,075
William Roach 1,784
Thomas Roach 1,299
James Roach 1,269
Elizabeth Roach 1,116
George Roach 663
Sarah Roach 663
Ann Roach 622
Margaret Roach 582
Ellen Roach 579
Jane Roach 474
Catherine Roach 434
Charles Roach 420
Henry Roach 393
Patrick Roach 375
Annie Roach 366
Edward Roach 342
Eliza Roach 341
Michael Roach 332
Richard Roach 296
Joseph Roach 286
Martha Roach 272
Alice Roach 271
Bridget Roach 256

Roach Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Rich 60% 28,337
2 Roach 100% 28,272
3 Roche 60% 9,020
4 Reach 80% 4,271
5 Arch 40% 3,984
6 Roch 80% 1,966
7 Urch 40% 1,956
8 Riche 40% 1,299
9 Roache 83% 1,171
10 Rouch 80% 1,099
11 Richie 33% 1,029
12 Reech 60% 551
13 Arche 20% 385
14 Ruch 60% 369
15 Reich 60% 283
16 Riach 80% 276
17 Rach 80% 154
18 Rooch 80% 143

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The surname Roach is the 2nd most popular variant of Rich.

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