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    The surname Roell

    A surname, carried by 1,178 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R400

    Roell: #22,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roell #22,012, 1,178 people Roell: #22,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roell #22,012, 1,178 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roell is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,178 people named Roell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,061.

    #22,012
    rank among US surnames
    1,178
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11%
    change since 2000 (was #22,612)

    Who is named Roell

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

    95% of people named Roell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roell

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roell?
    1,178 people in the United States had the surname Roell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. It ranked 22,012th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roell?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Roell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Roell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,178 in 2010, up 11%.