# Rockefeller (surname)

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

An American surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,299 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,449 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 237,679 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (1,233 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German place name Rockenfeld.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rockefeller 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rockefeller in the United States.

## People named Rockefeller

- John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)
- David Rockefeller, American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)
- John D. Rockefeller Jr., American financier and philanthropist (1874–1960)
- Jay Rockefeller, American politician (1937–2026)
- Michael Rockefeller, American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
- Laura Spelman Rockefeller, American philanthropist, schoolteacher (1839-1915)
- John D. Rockefeller III, American philanthropist (1906–1978)
- Laurance Rockefeller, American businessman, conservationist, financier, philanthropist (1910-2004)
- William Rockefeller, American financier, businessman, and Standard Oil co-founder (1841-1922)
- William Rockefeller Sr., American con artist
- Abigail Greene Aldrich, American socialite and philanthropist (1874–1948)

## Similar surnames

Roosevelt, Rispoli.

## 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.