Rogerson

surname · Latin script

Meaning: An English surname originating as a patronymic

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɹɑɡɝsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rogerson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 27K
  • CACanada≈1 in 55K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈12,000 people, est.

Sources
298 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

An English surname originating as a patronymic.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rogerson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rogerson is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈12,000 est.≈1 in 112K—Rogerson4
GB United Kingdom—≈3,600 est.≈1 in 18K5.8KRogerson198
US United States—2,9001 in 115K3KRogerson298
AU Australia—≈950 est.≈1 in 27K—Rogerson135
CA Canada—≈690 est.≈1 in 55K—Rogerson115
LR Liberia#418≈210 est.≈1 in 24K—Rogerson2
NZ New Zealand—≈110 est.≈1 in 45K—Rogerson58

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rogerson is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Portugal

    Also written Rógerson

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Роджерсон, Рогерсон

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rogerson is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, 'Son of Roger'.

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • In English, ‘son of Roger’; first attested Donald Rogerson 1364 Black

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000John Rogerson, b. 1741John Edwin Rogerson, b. 1865George Rogerson, b. 1896Clark Thomas Rogerson, b. 1918Iain Rogerson, b. 1960Craig Rogerson, b. 1965Dan Rogerson, b. 1975Sean Rogerson, b. 1977Logan Rogerson, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Rogerson,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Rogerson
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20025.8K#1,375
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003K#10,069
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.9K#10,968
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.6K#11,466
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rogerson mean, and where does it come from?
An English surname originating as a patronymic. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Rogerson?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɑɡɝsən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Rogerson have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Rogerson in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rogerson.
How common is the name Rogerson?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,900 people named Rogerson in 2010, about 1 in 115 thousand residents.
How common is Rogerson compared with other names?
In Liberia, Rogerson is the 418th most common surname of 10,200 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rogerson” — the 418th most common surname in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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