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    The surname Rotenberg

    A German surname, carried by 584 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R351

    Rotenberg: #37,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rotenberg #37,993, 584 people Rotenberg: #37,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rotenberg #37,993, 584 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rotenberg is more common than 76.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * 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.

    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 584 people named Rotenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. That is down 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 626.

    #37,993
    rank among US surnames
    584
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #34,259)

    Who is named Rotenberg

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

    98% of people named Rotenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Rotenberry

    Surnames that sound like Rotenberg

    Rotenberg has the Soundex code R351, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R351.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rotenberg come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Rotenberg?
    584 people in the United States had the surname Rotenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. It ranked 37,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rotenberg?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Rotenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rotenberg getting more or less common?
    Less common. 626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 584 in 2010, down 6.7%.
    What are other spellings of Rotenberg?
    Rotenberry.