How Many People Have the Last Name Roberts?
people had the surname Roberts in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 783 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+10,559 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Roberts (77.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 16.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Roberts ranks #33. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 79.6% to 77.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Roberts grew from 366,215 people in 2000 to 376,774 in 2010 (up 2.9%), and its rank fell from #45 to #50. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 135.75 to 127.73 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 366,215 | 376,774 |
| Rank | #45 | #50 |
| Per 100,000 people | 135.75 | 127.73 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Roberts
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Roberts: R163
👤 Roberts as a First Name
Roberts is a first name too: about 156 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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