Roch: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Roch is a familiar spelling of the French name Roche.

What does the surname Roch mean?

The name is usually explained as “Dweller near a rock; one who came from Roche (rock), in Cornwall”. Roch ranked 28,909 in the 2010 US Census, with 822 people answering to the name. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

How is Roch related to Roche?

Roch drops the “e” of Roche, a shortening that clerks often made.

Does every Roch family have a crest?

Arms linked to Roche and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Roch report, with a museum-style coat of arms.