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Meaning of the nameRock

Rock is a spelling of the name Roque.

Meaning

The meaning of Rock is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,177
Rank in Brazil
#4,827
Median age
55 years
2010 Census
2,063
people

Rock in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rock, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (521 people).

0 women 2,165 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rock is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rock in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.002%
  2. Pará 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.001%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4460.001%
Bahia3400.002%
Minas Gerais1520.001%
Paraná1140.001%
Rio de Janeiro1120.001%
Pará1030.001%
Rio Grande do Sul930.001%
Goiás810.001%
Espírito Santo810.002%
Maranhão770.001%
Mato Grosso740.002%
Amazonas670.002%
Santa Catarina640.001%
Pernambuco520.001%
Ceará510.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul440.002%
Sergipe390.002%
Alagoas290.001%
Distrito Federal290.001%
Rio Grande do Norte240.001%
Rondônia240.002%
Piauí220.001%
Roraima200.003%
Paraíba170.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Rock

Wiktionary gives rock as a homophone of Roque; the English-looking spelling with CK is the least recorded in the group, and most people with this name were born before 1980.

About the name Roque

Behind the Name gives Roque as the Portuguese and Spanish form of Rocco, a Germanic name that perhaps comes from hruoh, 'raven, rook'. Wiktionary, in the entry Rocco, says the meaning is obscure and cites three Old High German proposals: hruoh, 'raven'; hrok, 'rest'; and rohōn, 'to roar'. The same entry gives Rocco as the Italian form of the name of Roch, a fourteenth-century French saint. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 31,321 people named Roque, with a median age of 58; proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.

Other spellings of Roque

SpellingPeople (2022)
Roque31,321
Rock2,177

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Roque · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Rocco · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Rocco · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Roque · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Rock

What does the name Rock mean?

The meaning of Rock is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Rock in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,177 people with the first name Rock, which ranks it number 4,827 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Rock a boy's or a girl's name?

Rock is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,165 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Rock?

Rock is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rock most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Rock (340 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Rock?

Roque. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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