# Rothschild (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rothschild/  
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) | 2,954 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,795 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 104,518 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.5% (2,970 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Rothchild |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rothschild 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Rothschild in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Austria–Hungary, the United States, the United Kingdom, Grand Duchy of Frankfurt and Canada.

## People named Rothschild

- Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, British banker and zoologist (1868–1937)
- Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, British banker and politician (1840–1915)
- Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Austrian banker and businessman (1774-1855)
- Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild, British-born Canadian financier (born 1971)
- Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, British businessman and politician (1910-1990)
- Anselm von Rothschild, Austrian banker and art collector in Vienna (1803-1874)
- Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild, Austrian banker and art collector (1882-1955)
- Albert Salomon von Rothschild, Austro-Hungarian banker and art collector (1844-1911)
- Bruce Lee Rothschild, American mathematician
- Nathaniel Anselm von Rothschild, Austrian noble (1836-1905)
- Alice Charlotte von Rothschild, Austrian socialite (1847-1922)
- Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)

## Similar surnames

Ratcliff, Radcliffe, Radcliff, Ratcliffe, Rudisill, Ratzlaff, Retzlaff, Ridgley, Ridgely, Rutigliano, Reitzel.

## 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.