Roque

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Spanish: rook

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/roke/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Roque is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 1.2K
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 1.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (inferred from the name graph)

≈92,000 people, est.

Sources
303 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Germanic. See }Rocco in Italian supplement. Rosa ° Spanish form of English Rose (see main dictionary).

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

How Roque is read(measured from records)

Roque is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish55%

    rook

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    Francés Roch; hipocorístico de un nombre germánico con hroc 'grito de guerra', 'bramar, rugir'.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • Portuguese19%

    alternative spelling of rock

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English18%

    A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Roque counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Roque is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#237≈92,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K41KRoque162
PH Philippines#268≈47,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K—Roque88
PE Peru#199≈28,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Roque80
US United States—15,2031 in 22K17KRoque303
BO Bolivia#910≈7,800 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Roque38
PT Portugal#163≈6,600 est.≈1 in 1.6KlistedRoque129
NI Nicaragua#156≈5,100 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Roque20
SV El Salvador#254≈4,200 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Roque42

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Roque is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Roqué, Róqué, Roqüe, Rôque, Röquë

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Roqué, Roquè

  • Catalan surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina

    Also written Roqué

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Peru

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Roqué

  • Swahili surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Peru, Spain

    Also written Roqué

  • Thai surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Rory, Roky, Roke, Roqué, โรเก้

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Italy, United States, Peru

    Also written Roqué

  • Russian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Роке, Roke, Roķe, Roqué

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Roque is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • From Germanic. See }Rocco in Italian supplement. Rosa ° Spanish form of English Rose (see main dictionary).

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • giant; Portalegre; before 1492

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1900195020002050Felipe Pazos, b. 1912Jacqueline Roque, b. 1926Walter Roque, b. 1937Ana de Roque, b. 1963Felipe Pérez Roque, b. 1965Harry Roque, b. 1966Avi Roque, b. 1989Jonathan Villar, b. 1991Caio Roque, b. 2002Vitor Roque, b. 2005

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado Sr. Roque,Dear Mr Roque, (English)
InformalHola Roque,Hi Roque, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 69 sources across 33 countries.

Official registers attesting Roque
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202017K#2,059
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201015K#2,388
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200011K#3,076

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Roque come from?
From Germanic. See }Rocco in Italian supplement. Rosa ° Spanish form of English Rose (see main dictionary). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What are other forms of the name Roque?
In the etymology graph, Roch, Roc and Rokus are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Roque?
A machine transcription gives /roke/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Roque mean?
In Spanish, rook
In which country does Roque have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 92 thousand people named Roque in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled roque.
How common is the name Roque?
In the United States, the national register counted 15,203 people named Roque in 2010, about 1 in 22 thousand residents.
How common is Roque compared with other names?
In Brazil, Roque is the 237th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Roque” — the 237th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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