How common is the surname Roel?

609 people in the United States had the surname Roel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. It ranked 36,695th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Roel getting more or less common?

More common. 523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 609 in 2010, up 16%.

Is Roel also a first name?

Yes. Roel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Roel

A Galician surname, carried by 609 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roel is more common than 77.4% of them.

Origin

Galician origin

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Galician Roel. * Borrowed from Dutch Roel, a short form of the personal names Roeland and Roelof.

One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 609 people named Roel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 523.

#36,695

rank among US surnames

609

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+16.4%

change since 2000 (was #39,560)

Who is named Roel

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

76% of people named Roel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 76%
White (not Hispanic) 22%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roel

Roel has the Soundex code R400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R400.

Other Galician surnames

All 34 Galician surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Roel come from?: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Galician Roel. * Borrowed from Dutch Roel, a short form of the personal names Roeland and Roelof.
How common is the surname Roel?: 609 people in the United States had the surname Roel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. It ranked 36,695th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roel?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Roel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Roel getting more or less common?: More common. 523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 609 in 2010, up 16%.
Is Roel also a first name?: Yes. Roel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.