How common is the surname Royse?

1,970 people in the United States had the surname Royse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,724 Americans. It ranked 14,995th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Royse?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Royse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Royse getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,970 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Royse

A surname, carried by 1,970 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Royse is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,970 people named Royse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,724 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,024.

#14,995

rank among US surnames

1,970

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,731)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,986	Fuentez	1,972	156,565
#14,991	Nicola	1,971	156,644
#14,995	Stutler	1,970	156,724
#15,002	Hanning	1,969	156,803

Who is named Royse

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

93% of people named Royse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Royse

Royse has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Royse?: 1,970 people in the United States had the surname Royse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,724 Americans. It ranked 14,995th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Royse?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Royse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Royse getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,970 in 2010, down 2.7%.