# Rosetta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rosetta/  
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 Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 549 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,960 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 562,378 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (538 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɹoʊˈzɛtə/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Rosetta. By surface analysis, Rose + -etta. Piecewise doublet of Rosette.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rosetta 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) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 27% |

## Similar surnames

Rost, Rossetti, Rosati, Rosato, Rosete, Rockett, Rosado, Rust, Rashid, Resto, Rasheed, Rickett.

## 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.