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The surname Rolph

A surname, carried by 1,370 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R410

Rolph: #19,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rolph #19,671, 1,370 people Rolph: #19,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rolph #19,671, 1,370 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rolph is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,370 people named Rolph in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,351.

#19,671
rank among US surnames
1,370
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+1.4%
change since 2000 (was #18,765)

Who is named Rolph

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

94% of people named Rolph identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rolph

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

Questions

How common is the surname Rolph?
1,370 people in the United States had the surname Rolph in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. It ranked 19,671st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rolph?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rolph identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rolph getting more or less common?
More common. 1,351 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,370 in 2010, up 1.4%.