Meaning of the nameRoque

Roque is the Portuguese and Spanish form of Rocco, a male name of Germanic origin whose meaning is uncertain; one hypothesis is hruoh, 'raven'.

Meaning

The meaning of Roque 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): 31,321
Rank in Brazil: #792
Median age: 58 years
2010 Census: 40,779; people

Roque in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Roque, 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 (8,446 people).

95 women 31,226 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 Roque is most common

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

Bahia 0.082%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.041%
Santa Catarina 0.022%
Paraná 0.017%
São Paulo 0.014%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	11,606	0.082%
São Paulo	6,100	0.014%
Rio Grande do Sul	4,403	0.041%
Paraná	1,889	0.017%
Santa Catarina	1,642	0.022%
Minas Gerais	1,072	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	778	0.005%
Espírito Santo	518	0.014%
Mato Grosso	355	0.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul	345	0.013%
Goiás	339	0.005%
Maranhão	313	0.005%
Pernambuco	254	0.003%
Ceará	251	0.003%
Sergipe	233	0.011%
Pará	231	0.003%
Rondônia	151	0.010%
Alagoas	149	0.005%
Piauí	128	0.004%
Amazonas	120	0.003%
Paraíba	119	0.003%
Distrito Federal	119	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	71	0.002%
Tocantins	48	0.003%
Roraima	35	0.006%
Acre	26	0.003%
Amapá	26	0.004%

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

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.

In Portuguese, QU before E represents the sound /k/, with a silent U, which explains the spelling difference from Rocco.

Other spellings of Roque

Spelling	People (2022)
Roque	31,321
Rock	2,177

Sources

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

Questions about the name Roque

What does the name Roque mean?

The meaning of Roque 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 Roque in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 31,321 people with the first name Roque, which ranks it number 792 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Roque is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 95 women and 31,226 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Roque?

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

In which Brazilian state is Roque most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.082% of the state's population is named Roque (11,606 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Roque?

Rock. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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