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    The surname Roane

    A surname, carried by 3,370 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R500

    Roane: #9,632 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roane #9,632, 3,370 people Roane: #9,632 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roane #9,632, 3,370 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roane is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,370 people named Roane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,616 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,978.

    #9,632
    rank among US surnames
    3,370
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,989)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,627Palazzolo3,37491,507
    #9,628Leath3,37291,562
    #9,631Trueblood3,37191,589
    #9,632Roane3,37091,616
    #9,633Partee3,36991,643
    #9,636Hornberger3,36891,670

    Who is named Roane

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

    48% of people named Roane identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Roanes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Selden Roane
      4th governor of Arkansas from 1849 to 1852
    • William H. Roane
      American politician, 1787–1845

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roane

    Roane 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 Roane?
    3,370 people in the United States had the surname Roane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,616 Americans. It ranked 9,632nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roane?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Roane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Roane?
    John Selden Roane, 4th governor of Arkansas from 1849 to 1852, followed by William H. Roane.
    Where is the surname Roane most common?
    Wikidata records people named Roane in the United States.
    Is the surname Roane getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,370 in 2010, up 13%.