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    The surname Roussell

    A surname, carried by 1,334 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R240

    Roussell: #20,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Roussell #20,047, 1,334 people Roussell: #20,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Roussell #20,047, 1,334 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roussell is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,334 people named Roussell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,443 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,166.

    #20,047
    rank among US surnames
    1,334
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,004)

    Who is named Roussell

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

    53% of people named Roussell identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Roussell

    Roussell has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Roussell?
    1,334 people in the United States had the surname Roussell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,443 Americans. It ranked 20,047th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Roussell?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Roussell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Roussell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,334 in 2010, up 14%.