Rough

See also: rough

English

Etymology

English and Scottish surname, variant of Ruff, itself of several origins:

• From the adjective rough
• Variant of Roof, Roff, Rolfe
• Scots pronunciation of Rock
• German variant of Ruf, itself shortened from Rudolf.

Proper noun

Rough (plural Roughs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rough is the 31516^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 734 individuals. Rough is most common among White (89.92%) individuals.