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The surname Rothenberger

A surname, carried by 1,747 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex R351

Rothenberger: #16,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rothenberger #16,457, 1,747 people Rothenberger: #16,457 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rothenberger #16,457, 1,747 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rothenberger is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,747 people named Rothenberger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,729 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,653.

#16,457
rank among US surnames
1,747
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+5.7%
change since 2000 (was #16,104)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,450Chia1,748176,628
#16,457Chisum1,747176,729
#16,462Cieslak1,746176,830

Who is named Rothenberger

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

96% of people named Rothenberger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rothenbergers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Anneliese Rothenberger
    (1919-2010) operatic soprano

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rothenberger

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

Questions

How common is the surname Rothenberger?
1,747 people in the United States had the surname Rothenberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,729 Americans. It ranked 16,457th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rothenberger?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rothenberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rothenberger?
Anneliese Rothenberger, (1919-2010) operatic soprano.
Where is the surname Rothenberger most common?
Wikidata records people named Rothenberger in Germany.
Is the surname Rothenberger getting more or less common?
More common. 1,653 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,747 in 2010, up 5.7%.