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    The surname Ryals

    A surname, carried by 5,523 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R420

    Ryals: #6,194 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ryals #6,194, 5,523 people Ryals: #6,194 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ryals #6,194, 5,523 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ryals is more common than 96.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,523 people named Ryals in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,902 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,262.

    #6,194
    rank among US surnames
    5,523
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #6,021)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,190Eagan5,52855,851
    #6,192Winder5,52755,861
    #6,193Bigham5,52555,882
    #6,194Ryals5,52355,902

    Who is named Ryals

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

    79% of people named Ryals identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ryals

    Ryals 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 Ryals?
    5,523 people in the United States had the surname Ryals in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,902 Americans. It ranked 6,194th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ryals?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Ryals identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ryals getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,523 in 2010, up 5.0%.