The Role surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 176 people carried this name — #102,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 17% from 212 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Role.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Role live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Role in American newspapers,
1840–1841.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,069,246 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Role.
- Rojo 10,275 · U.S. census
- Rol 161 · U.S. census
- Rolain 121 · U.S. census
- Roland 19,311 · U.S. census
- Rolando 913 · U.S. census
- Roldan 13,498 · U.S. census
- Rolin 889 · U.S. census
- Roll 5,011 · U.S. census
- Rolla 579 · U.S. census
- Rollan 216 · U.S. census
- Rolland 3,188 · U.S. census
- Rolle 4,819 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Role is.
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