How common is the surname Rollo?

2,646 people in the United States had the surname Rollo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,684 Americans. It ranked 11,829th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rollo?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rollo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rollo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,646 in 2010, up 23%.

Is Rollo also a first name?

Yes. Rollo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rollo

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,646 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rollo is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Latinization of the Old French equivalent of the English Rolf.

Rollo is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,646 people named Rollo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,684 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,149.

#11,829

rank among US surnames

2,646

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+23.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,067)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,821	Glasper	2,647	116,640
#11,829	Rollo	2,646	116,684
#11,836	Sethi	2,645	116,728

Who is named Rollo

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

90% of people named Rollo identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rollo

Rollo has the Soundex code R400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R400.

Questions

Where does the surname Rollo come from?: Latinization of the Old French equivalent of the English Rolf.
How common is the surname Rollo?: 2,646 people in the United States had the surname Rollo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,684 Americans. It ranked 11,829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rollo?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rollo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Rollo?: Rollo is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Rollo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,646 in 2010, up 23%.
Is Rollo also a first name?: Yes. Rollo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.