How common is the surname Rothenberg?

3,112 people in the United States had the surname Rothenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,211 Americans. It ranked 10,352nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rothenberg?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rothenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rothenberg?

Adam Rothenberg, American actor, followed by Andrew Rothenberg.

Where is the surname Rothenberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Rothenberg in the United States.

Is the surname Rothenberg getting more or less common?

More common. 3,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,112 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Rothenberg

A German surname, carried by 3,112 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R351

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rothenberg is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a Jewish surname, derived from German Rot (“red”) + Berg (“mountain, hill”). * As a German and Jewish surname, from several placenames referring to Rothenberg, from earlier Rodenberg, probably of the meaning of the above. * Also as a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenburg, itself probably a variant of Rotenburg.

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 3,112 people named Rothenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,211 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,002.

#10,352

rank among US surnames

3,112

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,916)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,346	Truelove	3,114	99,148
#10,348	Küng	3,113	99,179
#10,352	Sias	3,112	99,211
#10,358	Peirce	3,111	99,243

Who is named Rothenberg

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

96% of people named Rothenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rothenbergs

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adam Rothenberg
American actor, born 1975
Andrew Rothenberg
American actor, born 1969
Jerome Rothenberg
American poet (1931–2024)
Susan Rothenberg
American artist (1945-2020)
Ned Rothenberg
American composer, born 1956
Jason Rothenberg
American television producer and writer, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rothenberg

Rothenberg 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 Rothenberg come from?: * As a Jewish surname, derived from German Rot (“red”) + Berg (“mountain, hill”). * As a German and Jewish surname, from several placenames referring to Rothenberg, from earlier Rodenberg, probably of the meaning of the above. * Also as a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenburg, itself probably a…
How common is the surname Rothenberg?: 3,112 people in the United States had the surname Rothenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,211 Americans. It ranked 10,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rothenberg?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rothenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rothenberg?: Adam Rothenberg, American actor, followed by Andrew Rothenberg.
Where is the surname Rothenberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Rothenberg in the United States.
Is the surname Rothenberg getting more or less common?: More common. 3,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,112 in 2010, up 3.7%.