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    The surname Rolls

    A surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɹoʊlz/ 1 syllable Soundex R420

    Rolls: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rolls #23,019, 1,110 people Rolls: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rolls #23,019, 1,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rolls is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,110 people named Rolls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,142.

    #23,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,110
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,369)

    Who is named Rolls

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

    75% of people named Rolls identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rolls

    Rolls has the Soundex code R420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rolls?
    1,110 people in the United States had the surname Rolls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rolls?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Rolls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Rolls?
    Rolls is /ˈɹoʊlz/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Rolls getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, down 2.8%.