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    The surname Roelofs

    A surname, carried by 1,036 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R412

    Roelofs: #24,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Roelofs #24,222, 1,036 people Roelofs: #24,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Roelofs #24,222, 1,036 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roelofs is more common than 85.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,036 people named Roelofs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 965.

    #24,222
    rank among US surnames
    1,036
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #24,328)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #24,214Ansel1,037297,730
    #24,222Hallgren1,036298,017

    Who is named Roelofs

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

    95% of people named Roelofs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roelofs

    Roelofs has the Soundex code R412, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R412.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roelofs?
    1,036 people in the United States had the surname Roelofs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,017 Americans. It ranked 24,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roelofs?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Roelofs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Roelofs getting more or less common?
    More common. 965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,036 in 2010, up 7.4%.