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    The surname Royals

    A surname, carried by 1,307 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Royals is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,307 people named Royals in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,225 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,287.

    #20,336
    rank among US surnames
    1,307
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,436)

    Who is named Royals

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

    77% of people named Royals identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Royals

    Royals has the Soundex code R420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Royals?
    1,307 people in the United States had the surname Royals in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,225 Americans. It ranked 20,336th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Royals?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Royals identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Royals getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,307 in 2010, up 1.6%.