How common is the surname Rosen?

22,596 people in the United States had the surname Rosen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,664 Americans. It ranked 1,585th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rosen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rosen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rosen?

Nathan Rosen, American-Israeli physicist, followed by Jacky Rosen.

Where is the surname Rosen most common?

Wikidata records people named Rosen in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire and 1 other country.

Is the surname Rosen getting more or less common?

Less common. 22,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,596 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Rosen

A surname, carried by 22,596 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosen is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Jewish, German, Swedish, and English surname, all related to the noun rose and the name Rose. Compare Rosén, Roseen, Rosene.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,596 people named Rosen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,664 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,763.

#1,585

rank among US surnames

22,596

people in 2010

7.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,441)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,576	Esposito	22,789	13,548
#1,577	Neff	22,764	13,563
#1,578	Mead	22,727	13,585
#1,579	Casillas	22,710	13,595
#1,580	Lilly	22,662	13,624
#1,581	Biggs	22,641	13,637
#1,582	Yeager	22,634	13,641

Who is named Rosen

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

94% of people named Rosen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rosens

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nathan Rosen
American-Israeli physicist, 1909–1995
Jacky Rosen
American politician (born 1957)
Michael Rosen
British children's author and poet (born 1946)
Charles Rosen
American pianist and writer on music (1927–2012)
Viktor von Rosen
Baltic German orientalist (1849-1908)
Jeffrey A. Rosen
American attorney, born 1958
Georg Andreas von Rosen
Baltic German army general (1782-1841)
Harold Rosen
Aerospace and electrical engineer (1926–2017)
Steven J. Rosen
American editor, author on Vaishnavism (born 1955)
Josh Rosen
American football player, born 1997
Jay Rosen
American academic, born 1956
Andrea Rosen
American actress, born 1974

Notable Rosens come mostly from the United States (8), the United Kingdom (2) and the Russian Empire (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rosen

Rosen has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.

Questions

Where does the surname Rosen come from?: Jewish, German, Swedish, and English surname, all related to the noun rose and the name Rose. Compare Rosén, Roseen, Rosene.
How common is the surname Rosen?: 22,596 people in the United States had the surname Rosen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,664 Americans. It ranked 1,585th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rosen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rosen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rosen?: Nathan Rosen, American-Israeli physicist, followed by Jacky Rosen.
Where is the surname Rosen most common?: Wikidata records people named Rosen in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire and 1 other country.
Is the surname Rosen getting more or less common?: Less common. 22,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,596 in 2010, down 0.7%.