How common is the surname Royalty?

1,347 people in the United States had the surname Royalty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Royalty getting more or less common?

More common. 1,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Royalty

A surname, carried by 1,347 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Royalty is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,347 people named Royalty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,317.

#19,924

rank among US surnames

1,347

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,107)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,924	Meigs	1,347	229,210
#19,933	Dunkelberger	1,346	229,380

Who is named Royalty

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

95% of people named Royalty identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Royalty?: 1,347 people in the United States had the surname Royalty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Royalty?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Royalty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Royalty getting more or less common?: More common. 1,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, up 2.3%.