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    The surname Rovner

    A German place surname, carried by 647 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R156

    Rovner: #34,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rovner #34,878, 647 people Rovner: #34,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rovner #34,878, 647 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rovner is more common than 78.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Rovner, a Jewish habitational surname for someone from Rovno, in Ukraine.

    Rovner is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 647 people named Rovner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 477,196 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 590.

    #34,878
    rank among US surnames
    647
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #35,957)

    Who is named Rovner

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

    94% of people named Rovner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rovner come from?
    Borrowed from German Rovner, a Jewish habitational surname for someone from Rovno, in Ukraine.
    How common is the surname Rovner?
    647 people in the United States had the surname Rovner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 477,196 Americans. It ranked 34,878th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rovner?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rovner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Rovner?
    Rovner is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Rovner getting more or less common?
    More common. 590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 647 in 2010, up 9.7%.