How common is the surname Rothschild?

2,954 people in the United States had the surname Rothschild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,518 Americans. It ranked 10,795th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rothschild?

Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, British banker and zoologist (1868–1937), followed by Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild.

Where is the surname Rothschild most common?

Wikidata records people named Rothschild in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Austria–Hungary and the United States and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Rothschild?

Rothschild is /ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Rothschild getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,954 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Rothschild

A German surname, carried by 2,954 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/ 2 syllables Soundex R324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rothschild is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 2,954 people named Rothschild in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,518 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,970.

#10,795

rank among US surnames

2,954

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,010)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,787	Sergent	2,957	104,412
#10,790	Beesley	2,956	104,447
#10,792	Turnbow	2,955	104,482
#10,795	Rothschild	2,954	104,518
#10,797	Coffelt	2,953	104,553
#10,800	Kesterson	2,952	104,589
#10,803	Giuliano	2,951	104,624

Who is named Rothschild

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

91% of people named Rothschild identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rothschilds

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1941
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)

Notable Rothschilds come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2), Austria–Hungary (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Rothchild

Rothschild has the Soundex code R324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R324.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rothschild come from?: Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).
How common is the surname Rothschild?: 2,954 people in the United States had the surname Rothschild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,518 Americans. It ranked 10,795th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rothschild?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rothschild identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rothschild?: Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, British banker and zoologist (1868–1937), followed by Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild.
Where is the surname Rothschild most common?: Wikidata records people named Rothschild in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Austria–Hungary and the United States and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Rothschild?: Rothschild is /ˈɹɒθs.t͡ʃaɪld/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Rothschild getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,954 in 2010, down 0.5%.
What are other spellings of Rothschild?: Rothchild.