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    The surname Roan

    A surname, carried by 3,603 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɹoʊ.ən/ 1 syllable Soundex R500

    Roan: #9,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roan #9,073, 3,603 people Roan: #9,073 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roan #9,073, 3,603 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roan is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,603 people named Roan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,691 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,330.

    #9,073
    rank among US surnames
    3,603
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,027)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,064Persons3,60685,620
    #9,066Lindo3,60585,644
    #9,068Frith3,60485,667
    #9,073Roan3,60385,691
    #9,074McElwee3,60285,715
    #9,080Bellows3,60185,739
    #9,081Lindahl3,59985,786

    Who is named Roan

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

    66% of people named Roan identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roan

    Roan has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roan?
    3,603 people in the United States had the surname Roan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,691 Americans. It ranked 9,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roan?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Roan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Roan?
    Roan is /ˈɹoʊ.ən/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Roan getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,603 in 2010, up 8.2%.