How common is the surname Roloff?

2,121 people in the United States had the surname Roloff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,566 Americans. It ranked 14,160th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Roloff?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Roloff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Roloff getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,121 in 2010, down 5.9%.

The surname Roloff

A German surname, carried by 2,121 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roloff is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Roloff.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,121 people named Roloff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,566 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,254.

#14,160

rank among US surnames

2,121

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-5.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,602)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,152	Renick	2,123	145,429
#14,155	Lappin	2,122	145,497
#14,160	Philippe	2,121	145,566
#14,168	Lizardo	2,120	145,635

Who is named Roloff

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

95% of people named Roloff identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roloff

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Roloff come from?: Borrowed from German Roloff.
How common is the surname Roloff?: 2,121 people in the United States had the surname Roloff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,566 Americans. It ranked 14,160th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roloff?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Roloff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Roloff getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,121 in 2010, down 5.9%.