How common is the surname Rosenkranz?

1,125 people in the United States had the surname Rosenkranz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rosenkranz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rosenkranz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rosenkranz?

Barbara Rosenkranz, Austrian politician, followed by Walter Rosenkranz.

Where is the surname Rosenkranz most common?

Wikidata records people named Rosenkranz in Austria.

Is the surname Rosenkranz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Rosenkranz

A German surname, carried by 1,125 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosenkranz is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Rosenkranz.

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 1,125 people named Rosenkranz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,157.

#22,770

rank among US surnames

1,125

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,142)

Who is named Rosenkranz

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

95% of people named Rosenkranz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rosenkranzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Barbara Rosenkranz
Austrian politician, born 1958
Walter Rosenkranz
Austrian politician, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rosenkranz

Rosenkranz has the Soundex code R252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R252.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rosenkranz come from?: Borrowed from German Rosenkranz.
How common is the surname Rosenkranz?: 1,125 people in the United States had the surname Rosenkranz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,440 Americans. It ranked 22,770th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rosenkranz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rosenkranz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rosenkranz?: Barbara Rosenkranz, Austrian politician, followed by Walter Rosenkranz.
Where is the surname Rosenkranz most common?: Wikidata records people named Rosenkranz in Austria.
Is the surname Rosenkranz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,125 in 2010, down 2.8%.