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    The surname Rosario

    A surname, carried by 48,051 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex R260 Also a first name

    Rosario: #725 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Rosario #725, 48,051 people Rosario: #725 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rosario #725, 48,051 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosario is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    From Spanish rosario (“rosary”). Doublet of rosarium and rosary.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 48,051 people named Rosario in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,425 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 36,539.

    #725
    rank among US surnames
    48,051
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.5%
    change since 2000 (was #865)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #716Villegas48,5996,353
    #717Hobbs48,5226,363
    #718Keith48,4876,368
    #719Wilkerson48,4446,373
    #720Ahmed48,3196,390
    #721Beard48,2076,405
    #722McClain48,1656,410

    Who is named Rosario

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

    87% of people named Rosario identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Rosarios

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maria do Rosário
      Brazilian politician, born 1966
    • Rogério Conceição do Rosário
      Brazilian footballer, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Rozario

    Surnames that sound like Rosario

    Rosario has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rosario come from?
    From Spanish rosario (“rosary”). Doublet of rosarium and rosary.
    How common is the surname Rosario?
    48,051 people in the United States had the surname Rosario in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,425 Americans. It ranked 725th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rosario?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Rosario identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rosario?
    Maria do Rosário, Brazilian politician, followed by Rogério Conceição do Rosário.
    Where is the surname Rosario most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rosario in Brazil.
    Is the surname Rosario getting more or less common?
    More common. 36,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,051 in 2010, up 32%.
    What are other spellings of Rosario?
    Rozario.
    Is Rosario also a first name?
    Yes. Rosario is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.