# Rabinowitz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rabinowitz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An Ashkenazic surname from German, Germanized variant of Rabinovich.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,544 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,203 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 87,118 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (3,341 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rabinowicz |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rabinowitz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rabinowitz in the United States.

## People named Rabinowitz

- David L. Rabinowitz, American astronomer
- Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (1953–2018)
- Jerome Robbins, American choreographer and director (1918–1998)

## Similar surnames

Robinette, Robinett, Robnett, Ravindran.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.