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    The surname Rosenow

    A surname, carried by 1,670 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R250

    Rosenow: #17,014 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rosenow #17,014, 1,670 people Rosenow: #17,014 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rosenow #17,014, 1,670 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosenow is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,670 people named Rosenow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,878 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,616.

    #17,014
    rank among US surnames
    1,670
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,400)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,005Kebede1,671184,767
    #17,014Arocha1,670184,878

    Who is named Rosenow

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

    93% of people named Rosenow identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rosenow

    Rosenow has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rosenow?
    1,670 people in the United States had the surname Rosenow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,878 Americans. It ranked 17,014th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rosenow?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rosenow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rosenow getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,670 in 2010, up 3.3%.