How common is the surname Rosenstein?

1,930 people in the United States had the surname Rosenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,972 Americans. It ranked 15,238th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rosenstein?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rosenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rosenstein?

Rod J. Rosenstein, American lawyer.

Where is the surname Rosenstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Rosenstein in the United States.

How do you pronounce Rosenstein?

Rosenstein is /ˈɹoʊzənˌstaɪn/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Rosenstein getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,930 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Rosenstein

A German surname, carried by 1,930 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹoʊzənˌstaɪn/ 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). Rosenstein is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Rosenstein.

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 1,930 people named Rosenstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,972 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,003.

#15,238

rank among US surnames

1,930

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,844)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,229	Salamon	1,933	159,724
#15,232	Dy	1,932	159,806
#15,236	Alli	1,931	159,889
#15,238	Nayak	1,930	159,972
#15,246	Soden	1,929	160,055

Who is named Rosenstein

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

95% of people named Rosenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rosensteins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rod J. Rosenstein
American lawyer, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rosenstein

Rosenstein 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 Rosenstein come from?: Borrowed from German Rosenstein.
How common is the surname Rosenstein?: 1,930 people in the United States had the surname Rosenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,972 Americans. It ranked 15,238th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rosenstein?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rosenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rosenstein?: Rod J. Rosenstein, American lawyer.
Where is the surname Rosenstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Rosenstein in the United States.
How do you pronounce Rosenstein?: Rosenstein is /ˈɹoʊzənˌstaɪn/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Rosenstein getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,930 in 2010, down 3.6%.