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    The surname Rioux

    A surname, carried by 2,672 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rioux: #11,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rioux #11,728, 2,672 people Rioux: #11,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rioux #11,728, 2,672 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rioux is more common than 92.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,672 people named Rioux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,548 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,584.

    #11,728
    rank among US surnames
    2,672
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,242)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,719Blazek2,674115,462
    #11,722Pickel2,673115,505
    #11,728Currey2,672115,548
    #11,733Hoskin2,671115,592
    #11,736Rockey2,670115,635

    Who is named Rioux

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

    95% of people named Rioux identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rioux

    Rioux has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rioux?
    2,672 people in the United States had the surname Rioux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,548 Americans. It ranked 11,728th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rioux?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rioux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rioux getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,672 in 2010, up 3.4%.