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    The surname Revelle

    A surname, carried by 1,233 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R140

    Revelle: #21,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Revelle #21,260, 1,233 people Revelle: #21,260 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Revelle #21,260, 1,233 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Revelle is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,233 people named Revelle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,402 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,233.

    #21,260
    rank among US surnames
    1,233
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #20,111)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,251Guinto1,234250,199
    #21,260Craney1,233250,402

    Who is named Revelle

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Revelle identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Revelles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roger Revelle
      American scientist (1909–1991)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Revelle

    Revelle has the Soundex code R140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R140.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Revelle?
    1,233 people in the United States had the surname Revelle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,402 Americans. It ranked 21,260th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Revelle?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Revelle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Revelle?
    Roger Revelle, American scientist (1909–1991).
    Where is the surname Revelle most common?
    Wikidata records people named Revelle in the United States.
    Is the surname Revelle getting more or less common?
    About as common. 1,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,233 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.