How Many People Have the Last Name Roy?
people had the surname Roy in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,549 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
+3,434 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Roy (75.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 9.7%, are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Roy ranks #467. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 79.9% to 75.2%, and the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 5.6% to 9.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Roy grew from 49,725 people in 2000 to 53,159 in 2010 (up 6.9%), and its rank fell from #621 to #640. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 18.43 to 18.02 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 49,725 | 53,159 |
| Rank | #621 | #640 |
| Per 100,000 people | 18.43 | 18.02 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Roy
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Roy: R000
👤 Roy as a First Name
Roy is a first name too: about 168,221 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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