Rollins

Rollins is the 1,030th most common surname in the United States, shared by 33,500 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 8,922.

By the numbers

People: 33,500
Rank: 1,030th
How common: 1 in 8,922
Per 100,000: 11.2

Where the name comes from

Origin a given name

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Rollins described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 66.2%
Black, not Hispanic 24.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Rollins

Sonny Rollins (1930–2026)American jazz saxophonist and composer
Seth Rollins (born 1986)American professional wrestler and actor
Henry Rollins (born 1961)American musician
James Rollins (born 1961)American writer
Brianna Rollins-McNeal (born 1991)American track and field athlete
Brooke Rollins (born 1972)American attorney and politician
Kenny Rollins (1923–2012)American basketball player
Rose Rollins (born 1978)American actress

People named Rollins with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Rollins

Also a first name

Rollins has been given to 636 American babies as a first name since 1908, peaking in 2025. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.