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    The surname Rollin

    A surname, carried by 1,338 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R450

    Rollin: #20,010 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rollin #20,010, 1,338 people Rollin: #20,010 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rollin #20,010, 1,338 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rollin is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,338 people named Rollin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,273.

    #20,010
    rank among US surnames
    1,338
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,599)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,010Vanalstyne1,338230,752
    #20,019McKechnie1,337230,924

    Who is named Rollin

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

    80% of people named Rollin identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rollins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bernard E. Rollin
      American philosopher (1943-2021)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rollin

    Rollin has the Soundex code R450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rollin?
    1,338 people in the United States had the surname Rollin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. It ranked 20,010th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rollin?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Rollin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rollin?
    Bernard E. Rollin, American philosopher (1943-2021).
    Where is the surname Rollin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rollin in the United States.
    Is the surname Rollin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,338 in 2010, up 5.1%.