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    The surname Rosas

    A Spanish surname, carried by 44,938 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R220

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosas is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Rosas.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 44,938 people named Rosas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,870 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,050.

    #765
    rank among US surnames
    44,938
    people in 2010
    15
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.7%
    change since 2000 (was #1,030)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #756Merritt45,5946,772
    #757Murillo45,5586,777
    #758Moon45,5286,781
    #759Salgado45,4696,790
    #760Strong45,4326,796
    #761Kline45,3906,802
    #762Cordova45,3056,815

    Who is named Rosas

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

    95% of people named Rosas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Rosass

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Juan Manuel de Rosas meow
      Argentine politician (1793-1877)
    • Raúl Rosas Jr.
      American-Mexican mixed martial artist, born 2004
    • Manuela Rosas
      Argentinian activist (1817-1898)

    Notable Rosass come mostly from Argentina (2) and Mexico (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rosas

    Rosas has the Soundex code R220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R220.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rosas come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Rosas.
    How common is the surname Rosas?
    44,938 people in the United States had the surname Rosas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,870 Americans. It ranked 765th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rosas?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rosas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rosas?
    Juan Manuel de Rosas meow, Argentine politician (1793-1877), followed by Raúl Rosas Jr..
    Where is the surname Rosas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rosas in Argentina and Mexico.
    Is the surname Rosas getting more or less common?
    More common. 31,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 44,938 in 2010, up 45%.