The surname Rosenfeld
A German surname, carried by 6,484 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R251
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Rosencrantz.
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 6,484 people named Rosenfeld in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,617 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,152.
Who is named Rosenfeld
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Rosenfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld 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 Rosenfeld come from?
- Borrowed from German Rosencrantz.
- How common is the surname Rosenfeld?
- 6,484 people in the United States had the surname Rosenfeld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,617 Americans. It ranked 5,371st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rosenfeld?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rosenfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Rosenfeld getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,484 in 2010, up 5.4%.