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    The surname Roney

    A surname, carried by 6,015 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R500

    Roney: #5,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roney #5,761, 6,015 people Roney: #5,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roney #5,761, 6,015 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roney is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,015 people named Roney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,329 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,916.

    #5,761
    rank among US surnames
    6,015
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,420)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,757Shirey6,02051,287
    #5,758Kao6,01851,304
    #5,759Flack6,01651,321
    #5,761Roney6,01551,329
    #5,762Fitts6,01451,338

    Who is named Roney

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

    80% of people named Roney identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Roneys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wallace Roney
      American jazz trumpeter (1960–2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roney

    Roney has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roney?
    6,015 people in the United States had the surname Roney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,329 Americans. It ranked 5,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roney?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Roney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Roney?
    Wallace Roney, American jazz trumpeter (1960–2020).
    Where is the surname Roney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Roney in the United States.
    Is the surname Roney getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,015 in 2010, up 1.7%.