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    The surname Rotella

    An Italian surname, carried by 2,037 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R340

    Rotella: #14,612 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rotella #14,612, 2,037 people Rotella: #14,612 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rotella #14,612, 2,037 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rotella is more common than 91% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Rotella.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,037 people named Rotella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,569 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,908.

    #14,612
    rank among US surnames
    2,037
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,387)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,604Matsuda2,038151,494
    #14,612Wimbush2,037151,569
    #14,617Maza2,036151,643

    Who is named Rotella

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

    91% of people named Rotella identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rotella

    Rotella has the Soundex code R340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R340.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rotella come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Rotella.
    How common is the surname Rotella?
    2,037 people in the United States had the surname Rotella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,569 Americans. It ranked 14,612th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rotella?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rotella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rotella getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,908 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,037 in 2010, up 6.8%.