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    The surname Revels

    A surname, carried by 4,683 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R142

    Revels: #7,141 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Revels #7,141, 4,683 people Revels: #7,141 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Revels #7,141, 4,683 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Revels is more common than 95.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,683 people named Revels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,929 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,410.

    #7,141
    rank among US surnames
    4,683
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #7,010)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,135Killingsworth4,68665,887
    #7,138Millsap4,68565,901
    #7,140Boggess4,68465,915
    #7,141Revels4,68365,929
    #7,142Kunkle4,68265,943

    Who is named Revels

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

    54% of people named Revels identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 13% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 13%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Revelss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hiram Rhodes Revels
      American politician (1827-1901)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Revels

    Revels has the Soundex code R142, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R142.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Revels?
    4,683 people in the United States had the surname Revels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,929 Americans. It ranked 7,141st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Revels?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Revels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Revels?
    Hiram Rhodes Revels, American politician (1827-1901).
    Where is the surname Revels most common?
    Wikidata records people named Revels in the United States.
    Is the surname Revels getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,683 in 2010, up 6.2%.