The surname Rosenberg
A German surname, carried by 26,307 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R251
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Rosenberg.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 26,307 people named Rosenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,736 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,271.
Who is named Rosenberg
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Rosenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Famous Rosenbergs
26 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alfred RosenbergBaltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue (1893–1946)
- Marshall RosenbergAmerican psychologist (1934-2015)
- Stuart RosenbergAmerican film director (1927–2007)
- Melissa RosenbergAmerican screenwriter, born 1962
- Alan RosenbergAmerican actor, born 1950
- Scott RosenbergAmerican actor, screenwriter, and producer, born 1963
- Paul RosenbergAmerican music manager, born 1971
- Erika RosenbergArgentine-German Writer and journalist (born 1951)
- Julius RosenbergAmerican man executed for spying for the Soviet Union (1918–1953)
- Steven RosenbergAmerican cancer researcher, born 1940
- Harold RosenbergAmerican writer and art critic (1906–1978)
- Joel RosenbergAmerican-Canadian writer, 1954–2011
Notable Rosenbergs come mostly from the United States (21), the German Empire (1) and Germany (1).
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Surnames that sound like Rosenberg
Rosenberg has the Soundex code R251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R251.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Rosenberg come from?
- Borrowed from German Rosenberg.
- How common is the surname Rosenberg?
- 26,307 people in the United States had the surname Rosenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,736 Americans. It ranked 1,339th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rosenberg?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rosenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Rosenberg?
- Alfred Rosenberg, Baltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue (1893–1946), followed by Marshall Rosenberg.
- Where is the surname Rosenberg most common?
- Wikidata records people named Rosenberg in the United States, the German Empire and Germany and 3 other countries.
- Is the surname Rosenberg getting more or less common?
- More common. 25,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,307 in 2010, up 4.1%.