How common is the surname Roye?

1,612 people in the United States had the surname Roye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Roye getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Roye

A surname, carried by 1,612 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roye is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,612 people named Roye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,658.

#17,481

rank among US surnames

1,612

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,057)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,472	Wisneski	1,613	191,411
#17,481	Searls	1,612	191,529

Who is named Roye

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

62% of people named Roye identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roye

Roye has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Questions

How common is the surname Roye?: 1,612 people in the United States had the surname Roye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roye?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Roye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Roye getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, down 2.8%.