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The surname Rosenfield

A German surname, carried by 1,362 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R251

Rosenfield: #19,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rosenfield #19,763, 1,362 people Rosenfield: #19,763 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rosenfield #19,763, 1,362 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosenfield is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Anglicized form of German Rosenfeld.

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 1,362 people named Rosenfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,445.

#19,763
rank among US surnames
1,362
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-5.7%
change since 2000 (was #17,859)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,755Wertman1,363226,519
#19,763Takeuchi1,362226,685

Who is named Rosenfield

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

96% of people named Rosenfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rosenfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Ben Rosenfield
    American actor, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rosenfield

Rosenfield 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 Rosenfield come from?
Anglicized form of German Rosenfeld.
How common is the surname Rosenfield?
1,362 people in the United States had the surname Rosenfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,685 Americans. It ranked 19,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rosenfield?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rosenfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rosenfield?
Ben Rosenfield, American actor.
Where is the surname Rosenfield most common?
Wikidata records people named Rosenfield in the United States.
Is the surname Rosenfield getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,362 in 2010, down 5.7%.