Find out how popular the last name Roberge is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Roberge.

Roberge, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Roberge surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Roberge in America

Roberge is the 8814th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Roberge surname appeared 3,714 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Roberge.

We can also compare 2010 data for Roberge to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Roberge

The surname ROBERGE has its origins in France, tracing back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to have derived from the Old French word "robe," which means a robe or a garment. The name likely referred to an occupation or a distinguishing characteristic of the original bearer, possibly a person who made or sold robes.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname ROBERGE can be found in medieval French documents and records from the 13th and 14th centuries. Some of these early references include Jacques Roberge, a merchant from Normandy mentioned in a 1327 trade register, and Guilhem Roberge, a landowner from Picardy whose name appears in a 1389 land deed.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the surname ROBERGE began to spread across various regions of France, including Brittany and Poitou. One notable bearer of the name was Pierre Roberge, a renowned French sculptor born in 1592 in Poitiers, whose works adorned several churches and cathedrals in western France.

As the French colonial empire expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries, the surname ROBERGE found its way to the French colonies in North America, particularly in what is now the province of Quebec, Canada. One of the earliest recorded ROBERGE families in New France was that of Jean-Baptiste Roberge, who arrived in Quebec from Normandy in 1665.

Another prominent figure in the history of the ROBERGE surname was François Roberge, a French-Canadian soldier and explorer born in 1720 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He played a significant role in the exploration and mapping of the Great Lakes region during the late 18th century.

Over the centuries, the ROBERGE surname has been associated with various notable individuals, including Émile Roberge, a Canadian artist and sculptor born in 1860, and Pierre Roberge, a French-Canadian politician and lawyer born in 1856, who served as a member of the Canadian House of Commons.

While the surname ROBERGE originated in France and has a long history in that country, it has also become well-established in other parts of the world, particularly in Canada and the United States, where many French and French-Canadian immigrants settled and established roots.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Roberge

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Roberge.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Roberge was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Roberge has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Roberge was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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