How common is the surname Rosetta?

549 people in the United States had the surname Rosetta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. It ranked 39,960th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rosetta?

In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Rosetta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

How do you pronounce Rosetta?

Rosetta is /ɹoʊˈzɛtə/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Rosetta getting more or less common?

More common. 538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 549 in 2010, up 2.0%.

Is Rosetta also a first name?

Yes. Rosetta is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rosetta

An Italian surname, carried by 549 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹoʊˈzɛtə/ 3 syllables Soundex R230 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosetta is more common than 75.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

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

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 549 people named Rosetta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 538.

#39,960

rank among US surnames

549

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #38,644)

Who is named Rosetta

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

60% of people named Rosetta identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 60%
American Indian and Alaska Native 27%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rosetta

Rosetta has the Soundex code R230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R230.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rosetta come from?: Borrowed from Italian Rosetta. By surface analysis, Rose + -etta. Piecewise doublet of Rosette.
How common is the surname Rosetta?: 549 people in the United States had the surname Rosetta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. It ranked 39,960th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rosetta?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Rosetta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
How do you pronounce Rosetta?: Rosetta is /ɹoʊˈzɛtə/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Rosetta getting more or less common?: More common. 538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 549 in 2010, up 2.0%.
Is Rosetta also a first name?: Yes. Rosetta is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.