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    The surname Rolfe

    A surname, carried by 4,542 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R410

    Rolfe: #7,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rolfe #7,339, 4,542 people Rolfe: #7,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rolfe #7,339, 4,542 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rolfe is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    English surname, spelling variant of Rolf.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,542 people named Rolfe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,976 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,492.

    #7,339
    rank among US surnames
    4,542
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,893)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,331Pisano4,55167,841
    #7,332Yingling4,55067,856
    #7,333Devaney4,54967,871
    #7,335Delvecchio4,54867,886
    #7,336Gurney4,54767,901
    #7,337Amezquita4,54467,946
    #7,338Burmeister4,54367,961

    Who is named Rolfe

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

    88% of people named Rolfe identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rolfes

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Rolfe
      American filmmaker, YouTuber, and Internet personality (born 1980)
    • Chris Rolfe
      American soccer player, born 1983
    • 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, 1596–1617

    Notable Rolfes come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rolfe

    Rolfe has the Soundex code R410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R410.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rolfe come from?
    English surname, spelling variant of Rolf.
    How common is the surname Rolfe?
    4,542 people in the United States had the surname Rolfe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,976 Americans. It ranked 7,339th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rolfe?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Rolfe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rolfe?
    James Rolfe, American filmmaker, YouTuber, and Internet personality (born 1980), followed by Chris Rolfe.
    Where is the surname Rolfe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rolfe in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Rolfe getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,542 in 2010, up 1.1%.