How common is the surname Rosendo?

1,193 people in the United States had the surname Rosendo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rosendo getting more or less common?

More common. 767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, up 56%.

Is Rosendo also a first name?

Yes. Rosendo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rosendo

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,193 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R253 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosendo is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,193 people named Rosendo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 767.

#21,790

rank among US surnames

1,193

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+55.5%

change since 2000 (was #29,099)

Who is named Rosendo

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

92% of people named Rosendo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rosendo

Rosendo has the Soundex code R253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R253.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rosendo come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Rosendo?: 1,193 people in the United States had the surname Rosendo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rosendo?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Rosendo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rosendo getting more or less common?: More common. 767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, up 56%.
Is Rosendo also a first name?: Yes. Rosendo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.