# Rosenkranz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rosenkranz/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,125 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,770 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 274,440 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.8% (1,157 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Rosenkranz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rosenkranz 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rosenkranz in Austria.

## People named Rosenkranz

- Barbara Rosenkranz, Austrian politician
- Walter Rosenkranz, Austrian politician

## Similar surnames

Rosenzweig, Rosenstein, Rasmussen, Rushing, Riggins, Recinos, Resnick, Reisinger, Risinger, Rusnak, Richins, Rising.

## 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.