Popularity of the last name by country

Canada

• Québec (1,149)
• Ontario (332)
• Newfoundland and Labrador (263)
• Nova Scotia (157)
• Manitoba (54)
• British Columbia (46)
• Saskatchewan (11)
• Prince Edward Island (10)
• Alberta (9)
• New Brunswick (8)

All countries

• France (1,485,016)
• Ireland (65,002)
• United States (22,460)
• United Kingdom (20,943)
• Belgium (10,550)
• Switzerland (6,178)
• Spain (4,496)
• Algeria (4,285)
• Australia (4,116)
• Netherlands (3,110)
• Germany (2,799)
• Canada (2,778)
• New Zealand (2,290)
• Mauritius (2,131)
• Italy (1,658)
• Réunion (1,595)
• Unknown country (1,328)
• Greece (1,107)
• Luxembourg (853)
• Guadeloupe (784)
• Martinique (783)
• Austria (611)
• Viet Nam (479)
• Morocco (473)
• Tunisia (359)
• Colombia (354)
• Palestine (353)
• Turkey (350)
• India (289)
• Russian Federation (238)
• Haiti (230)
• Denmark (205)
• Norway (204)
• Puerto Rico (199)
• Madagascar (196)
• Argentina (162)
• New Caledonia (160)
• Cuba (153)
• Sweden (149)
• Venezuela (149)

Origine of last name

ROCHE : 1: Irish (Munster) and English (of Norman origin): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Roach">Roach</a>. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Roch">Roch</a>.2: French: topographic name for someone who lived by a rocky outcrop or crag from Old French roche ‘rock’. In North America this surname is also a shortened form of the variant <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Laroche">Laroche</a> 2. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Deroche">Deroche</a>.3: German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name Rocco based on hrok ‘yell’ or hrōd ‘fame renown’.4: Spanish (mainly Aragon and Catalonia): of French origin (see 2 above).