How common is the surname Royston?

2,678 people in the United States had the surname Royston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,290 Americans. It ranked 11,704th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Royston getting more or less common?

More common. 2,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,678 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Royston also a first name?

Yes. Royston is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Royston

An English place surname, carried by 2,678 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R235 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Royston is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,678 people named Royston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,290 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,574.

#11,704

rank among US surnames

2,678

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #11,273)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,697	Vanek	2,679	115,247
#11,704	Maag	2,678	115,290
#11,709	Longenecker	2,677	115,333

Who is named Royston

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

73% of people named Royston identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Royston

Royston has the Soundex code R235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R235.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Royston come from?: From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).
How common is the surname Royston?: 2,678 people in the United States had the surname Royston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,290 Americans. It ranked 11,704th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Royston?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Royston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Royston?: Royston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Royston getting more or less common?: More common. 2,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,678 in 2010, up 4.0%.
Is Royston also a first name?: Yes. Royston is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.