# Rosendo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rosendo/  
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 Spanish from a Spanish given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,193 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,790 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 258,798 people |
| Change since 2000 | +56% (767 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Surname from transferred use of given name, of Spanish, Galician, or Portuguese origin, from Medieval Latin Rudesindus, from the Germanic (Gothic) name Rudesind, composed of the elements *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 (*hrōþs, “glory, fame”) and *𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (*sinþs, “path”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz + *sinþaz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rosendo 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) | 3.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.8% |

## Similar surnames

Rosenthal, Rosendahl, Resendiz, Resendez, Resendes, Rezendes, Recendez, Rajendran, Rezende.

## 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.