Where does the surname Rabinowitz come from?

Rabinowitz is German in origin.

How common is the surname Rabinowitz?

3,544 people in the United States had the surname Rabinowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,118 Americans. It ranked 9,203rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rabinowitz?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Rabinowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rabinowitz?

David L. Rabinowitz, American astronomer, followed by Alan Rabinowitz.

Where is the surname Rabinowitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Rabinowitz in the United States.

Is the surname Rabinowitz getting more or less common?

More common. 3,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,544 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Rabinowitz

A German surname, carried by 3,544 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex R153

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rabinowitz is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

An Ashkenazic surname from German, Germanized variant of Rabinovich.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,544 people named Rabinowitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,118 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,341.

#9,203

rank among US surnames

3,544

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,997)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,195	Samano	3,547	87,044
#9,199	Schumaker	3,545	87,093
#9,203	Wagers	3,544	87,118
#9,208	Demaio	3,542	87,167
#9,209	Stutts	3,541	87,192
#9,210	Bankhead	3,540	87,216
#9,211	Lamontagne	3,539	87,241

Who is named Rabinowitz

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Rabinowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Two or more races 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rabinowitzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David L. Rabinowitz
American astronomer, born 1960
Alan Rabinowitz
American zoologist (1953–2018)
Jerome Robbins
American choreographer and director (1918–1998)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Rabinowicz

Rabinowitz has the Soundex code R153, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R153.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rabinowitz come from?: Rabinowitz is German in origin.
How common is the surname Rabinowitz?: 3,544 people in the United States had the surname Rabinowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,118 Americans. It ranked 9,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rabinowitz?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Rabinowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rabinowitz?: David L. Rabinowitz, American astronomer, followed by Alan Rabinowitz.
Where is the surname Rabinowitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Rabinowitz in the United States.
Is the surname Rabinowitz getting more or less common?: More common. 3,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,544 in 2010, up 6.1%.
What are other spellings of Rabinowitz?: Rabinowicz.