# Rosa (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 33,521 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,035 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,211 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (28,375 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rosa 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) | 30% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 65% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rosa in Brazil, the United States and Argentina.

## People named Rosa

- Don Rosa, American comic book writer and illustrator (born 1951)
- Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian novelist (1908–1967)
- Alessandro Rosa Vieira, Brazilian futsal player
- Marcelo Rosa, Brazilian association football player
- Diego Rosa, Brazilian association football player
- Noel Rosa, Brazilian singer and musician (1910–1937)
- Murilo Rosa, Brazilian actor
- Draco Rosa, American musician (born 1969)
- Lucas Rosa, Brazilian football player
- Emily Rosa, American skeptic
- Humberto Rosa, Argentine footballer and manager (1932-2017)
- José Ernâni da Rosa, Brazilian association football player (1939-1986)

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Ross, Rose, Rios, Rossi, Rouse, Rousseau, Roos, Rosso, Ros, Roose, Royse, Roosa.

## 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.