# Rotenberg (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rotenberg/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 584 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,993 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 528,674 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.7% (626 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rotenberry |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”). * As a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenberg.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rotenberg 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) | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Rothenberg, Rothenberger, Rittenberry.

## 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.