# Rosenberg (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rosenberg/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 26,307 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,339 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,736 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (25,271 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Rosenberg.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rosenberg 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rosenberg in the United States, the German Empire, Germany, Canada, Habsburg monarchy and Poland.

## People named Rosenberg

- Alfred Rosenberg, Baltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue (1893–1946)
- Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist (1934-2015)
- Stuart Rosenberg, American film director (1927–2007)
- Melissa Rosenberg, American screenwriter
- Alan Rosenberg, American actor
- Scott Rosenberg, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
- Paul Rosenberg, American music manager
- Erika Rosenberg, Argentine-German Writer and journalist (born 1951)
- Julius Rosenberg, American man executed for spying for the Soviet Union (1918–1953)
- Steven Rosenberg, American cancer researcher
- Harold Rosenberg, American writer and art critic (1906–1978)
- Joel Rosenberg, American-Canadian writer

and 14 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Rosenbaum, Rosenberger, Rosenfeld, Rosenblum, Rosenblatt, Rosenberry, Rosenbloom, Rosenfield, Rosenbalm, Reichenbach.

## 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.