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    The surname Rouleau

    A French surname, carried by 2,520 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R400

    Rouleau: #12,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rouleau #12,339, 2,520 people Rouleau: #12,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rouleau #12,339, 2,520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rouleau is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,520 people named Rouleau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,372.

    #12,339
    rank among US surnames
    2,520
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,070)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567

    Who is named Rouleau

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

    93% of people named Rouleau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rouleaus

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Raymond Rouleau
      Actor, film director (1904-1981)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Rouleau

    Rouleau has the Soundex code R400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R400.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rouleau come from?
    Rouleau is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Rouleau?
    2,520 people in the United States had the surname Rouleau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. It ranked 12,339th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rouleau?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rouleau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rouleau?
    Raymond Rouleau, actor, film director (1904-1981).
    Where is the surname Rouleau most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rouleau in Belgium.
    Is the surname Rouleau getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,520 in 2010, up 6.2%.
    What are other spellings of Rouleau?
    Rulo.