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    The surname Roles

    A surname, carried by 1,869 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R420

    Roles: #15,635 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roles #15,635, 1,869 people Roles: #15,635 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roles #15,635, 1,869 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roles is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,869 people named Roles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,193 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,693.

    #15,635
    rank among US surnames
    1,869
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,796)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,635Strawbridge1,869165,193
    #15,639Diazdeleon1,868165,281

    Who is named Roles

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

    83% of people named Roles identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Roless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barbara Roles
      American figure skater, born 1941

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roles

    Roles has the Soundex code R420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roles?
    1,869 people in the United States had the surname Roles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,193 Americans. It ranked 15,635th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roles?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Roles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Roles?
    Barbara Roles, American figure skater.
    Where is the surname Roles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Roles in the United States.
    Is the surname Roles getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,693 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,869 in 2010, up 10%.