Royce

Royce is the 6,558th most common surname in the United States, shared by 4,961 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 60,200.

By the numbers

People: 4,961
Rank: 6,558th
How common: 1 in 60,200
Per 100,000: 1.7

Where the name comes from

Origin a matronymic

Derived from the Middle English given name Rose. See English Rose.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 86.6%
Hispanic or Latino 5.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Black, not Hispanic 2.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Royce

Henry Royce (1863–1933)English engineer, car designer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce
Josiah Royce (1855–1916)American philosopher
Prince Royce (born 1989)American singer
Ed Royce (born 1951)American politician

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

Surnames like Royce

Also a first name

Royce has been given to 35,662 American babies as a first name since 1892, peaking in 2021. 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.