# Rose (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 153,397 |
| US rank (2010) | 177 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,013 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (146,924 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɹoʊz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, Jewish (Yiddish רויז (royz)), and German surname, all from the noun rose. Also adapted from foreign forms of the same meaning such as Hungarian Rózsa, Rozsa, Slovak Róža, Czech Roza, etc. Compare Larose. The surname may be matronymic, but more probably topographic from residence by rose bushes or the sign of a rose, or a nickname from rosy complexion. * Also as an English surname, from a Norman name of Germanic origins, likely made up of Proto-Germanic *hrod (“fame”) and *heid (“kind, sort, type”), ultimately evolved from *hrōþiz. Introduced to England in the form Roese or Rohese. * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Ross. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized or Italianized from Rože, from a short form of Erazem (from Latin Erasmus), compare Rozman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rose 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rose in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, German Reich, Romania and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Rose

- Axl Rose, American singer (born 1962)
- Irwin Rose, American biologist (1926-2015)
- Derrick Rose, American basketball player (born 1988)
- Ralph Waldo Rose, American track and field athlete (1885-1913)
- Anika Noni Rose, American actress
- Emily Rose, American actress
- Murray Rose, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1939-2012)
- Pete Rose, American baseball player (1941–2024)
- Charlie Rose, American TV interviewer and journalist (born 1942)
- Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (1930–2017)
- Cristine Rose, American actress
- Jalen Rose, American basketball player (born 1973)

and 53 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Ross, Rios, Rosa, Rossi, Rouse, Rousseau, Royce, Roos, Rosso, Ros, Roose, Royse.

## 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.