Rochelle is used as a family name or surname in France, England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rochelle
No. of characters: 8
Origin: France, England
Meaning:

Family name Rochelle is the variant of Rockwell. Dweller at, or near, the stony spring or stream.

How popular is Rochelle?

Rochelle is common in United States, France, England, Sri Lanka, Argentina.

Rochelle is ranked 70553 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Rochelle bearers increased by 3.11 per cent in 2010 US census to 3553 since 2000, the surname slipped by 415 spots and ranked at 9181. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.16 69.38
Black 27.33 25.74
Hispanic or Latino 3.12 1.86
Others 2.65 1.68
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.93 0.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.82 0.61
Rochelle is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Cayman Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 7007 people have been found who wears Rochelle as their family name. Rochelle is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Rochelle:
8,293 United States5,054
Countries with hundreds of Rochelle:
16,539 France600
12,798 England433
7,441 Sri Lanka292
12,681 Argentina285
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,046 Israel66
48,473 Canada63
109,841 Brazil53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,687 Australia39
19,801 New Zealand24
205,224 Germany14
14,969 Wales12
72,236 Spain12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
213,993 Philippines10

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Na--Je Rochelle was 27 years old when he migrated to United States on September 18, 1872. He lived in Germany where he worked as painter and took Italy from Liverpool & Queenstown. Josefina Rochelle (18), are others that migrated to US.

Rochelle Namesakes

  • John of la Rochelle, French Franciscan and theologian
  • Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French writer of novels

Rochelle Namesakes

  • John of la Rochelle, French Franciscan and theologian
  • Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French writer of novels

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