How common is the surname Rosenquist?

1,509 people in the United States had the surname Rosenquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. It ranked 18,354th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rosenquist?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rosenquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rosenquist?

James Rosenquist, American artist (1933-2017).

Where is the surname Rosenquist most common?

Wikidata records people named Rosenquist in the United States.

Is the surname Rosenquist getting more or less common?

More common. 1,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,509 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Rosenquist

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,509 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). Rosenquist is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Rosenqvist.

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,509 people named Rosenquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,468.

#18,354

rank among US surnames

1,509

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,627)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,347	Rushin	1,510	204,467
#18,354	Lands	1,509	204,603

Who is named Rosenquist

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

94% of people named Rosenquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rosenquists

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Rosenquist
American artist (1933-2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rosenquist

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

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rosenquist come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Rosenqvist.
How common is the surname Rosenquist?: 1,509 people in the United States had the surname Rosenquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. It ranked 18,354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rosenquist?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rosenquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rosenquist?: James Rosenquist, American artist (1933-2017).
Where is the surname Rosenquist most common?: Wikidata records people named Rosenquist in the United States.
Is the surname Rosenquist getting more or less common?: More common. 1,468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,509 in 2010, up 2.8%.