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    The surname Rolfes

    A surname, carried by 1,678 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R412

    Rolfes: #16,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rolfes #16,944, 1,678 people Rolfes: #16,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rolfes #16,944, 1,678 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rolfes is more common than 89.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,678 people named Rolfes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,996 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,625.

    #16,944
    rank among US surnames
    1,678
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,326)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,939McBean1,679183,887
    #16,944Pico1,678183,996
    #16,953Chittum1,677184,106

    Who is named Rolfes

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

    98% of people named Rolfes identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Rolfes

    Rolfes 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 Rolfes?
    1,678 people in the United States had the surname Rolfes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,996 Americans. It ranked 16,944th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rolfes?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Rolfes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rolfes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,678 in 2010, up 3.3%.