# Rolfe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rolfe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,542 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,339 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 67,976 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (4,492 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, spelling variant of Rolf.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rolfe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rolfe in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of England.

## People named Rolfe

- James Rolfe, American filmmaker, YouTuber, and Internet personality (born 1980)
- Chris Rolfe, American soccer player
- Robert Allen Rolfe, British botanist (1855–1921)
- Lilian Rolfe, Allied secret agent in World War II (1914–1945)
- Guy Rolfe, British actor (1911–2003)
- Pocahontas, American native woman

## Similar surnames

Rolf, Roloff, Rohloff, Ralph, Rolph.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.