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    The surname Rosenau

    A surname, carried by 1,424 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R250

    Rosenau: #19,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rosenau #19,105, 1,424 people Rosenau: #19,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rosenau #19,105, 1,424 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosenau is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,424 people named Rosenau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,816 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,290.

    #19,105
    rank among US surnames
    1,424
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,411)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,097Porath1,425216,664
    #19,105Rosenau1,424216,816
    #19,114Sereno1,423216,968

    Who is named Rosenau

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

    93% of people named Rosenau identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rosenau

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rosenau?
    1,424 people in the United States had the surname Rosenau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,816 Americans. It ranked 19,105th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rosenau?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rosenau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rosenau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,424 in 2010, up 10%.