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    The surname Roundtree

    A surname, carried by 6,439 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R536

    Roundtree: #5,405 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roundtree #5,405, 6,439 people Roundtree: #5,405 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roundtree #5,405, 6,439 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roundtree is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,439 people named Roundtree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,949 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,038.

    #5,405
    rank among US surnames
    6,439
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,309)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,396Blanchette6,45247,853
    #5,397Blaine6,45147,860
    #5,399Eberhardt6,45047,868
    #5,400Rounds6,44747,890
    #5,401Abad6,44647,897
    #5,402Walther6,44447,912
    #5,403Payan6,44347,920

    Who is named Roundtree

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

    69% of people named Roundtree identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 69%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Roundtrees

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Roundtree
      American actor and singer (1942–2023)
    • Skee-Lo
      American rapper, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roundtree

    Roundtree has the Soundex code R536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R536.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roundtree?
    6,439 people in the United States had the surname Roundtree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,949 Americans. It ranked 5,405th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roundtree?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Roundtree identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Roundtree?
    Richard Roundtree, American actor and singer (1942–2023), followed by Skee-Lo.
    Where is the surname Roundtree most common?
    Wikidata records people named Roundtree in the United States.
    Is the surname Roundtree getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,439 in 2010, up 6.6%.