Rosenberg Surname

7,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74,242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Rosenberg Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Rose-Hill [see under Rosenbaum, and + Ger. berg, O.H.Ger.

berg, hill, mountain]

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Rosenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States40,0391:9,0531,093
Israel9,2161:92949
Germany7,5861:10,6121,336
Sweden2,0971:4,696449
Canada1,8461:19,9602,773
Denmark1,7381:3,248275
South Africa1,5661:34,5964,424
Australia1,3161:20,5132,844
England1,2011:46,3935,838
Finland1,0171:5,405856
Argentina5881:72,6936,184
France5871:113,15616,948
Estonia5371:2,461154
Norway4821:10,6691,179
Switzerland4741:17,3272,847
Netherlands4511:37,4446,305
Brazil4201:509,70119,169
Austria3891:21,8913,438
Chile3081:57,1962,479
Czechia2741:38,8086,412
Ecuador1741:91,4135,980
New Zealand1521:29,7925,213
Thailand1411:500,98187,346
Guatemala1291:124,6723,185
Mexico1261:985,12913,026
Slovakia1181:45,2248,606
Poland1111:342,42138,975
Hungary1051:93,4889,163
Belgium921:124,96418,228
Northern Ireland891:20,7312,474
Japan871:1,469,47524,192
Croatia751:56,38110,623
Italy731:837,76364,881
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Spain611:766,42732,250
Russia581:2,484,880144,115
Indonesia511:2,593,121151,846
Wales411:75,4766,450
Scotland401:133,8458,251
United States Virgin Islands381:2,905495
Luxembourg301:19,3514,315
Latvia251:82,00212,055
Uruguay241:142,99012,722
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
Greenland141:4,027416
Romania131:1,544,45253,658
Ireland111:428,08515,694
China111:124,301,9616,553
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Peru81:3,973,01532,693
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Iceland21:190,0456,825
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Montserrat11:4,947471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland321:138,4337,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3951:61,7107,184
Scotland111:340,29210,329
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7941:27,9933,433

The alternate forms: Rösenberg (7) are calculated separately.

Rosenberg (544) may also be a first name.

Rosenberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Rose-Hill [see under Rosenbaum, and + Ger. berg, O.H.Ger.

berg, hill, mountain]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Germany. Literally “Rose Mountain”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German, Swedish) One who came from Rosenberg (rose mountain), in Germany; rose mountain.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from the name of a female ancestor) There is actually a town in western Prussia named Rosenberg but the Jewish family name is a ma- tronymic in honor of Rosa or Rose. This name is disguised in many forms: Rosenblatt, Rosenmann (“husband of Rose”), Rosenbach, Rosenbusch, Rosenblum, Rosenblith, Rosendorf, Rosendorn, Rosenfeld, Rosengarten, Rosenhain, Rosenhaft, Rosenheim (which happens to also be a town in Bavaria), Rosenstrauch, Rosenwein, Rosenkrantz, Rosenschein, Rosen­stamm, Rosenstein, Rosenstem, Rosenstock, Rosenstrauss, Rosenthal, Rosenwasser, Rosenzweig, Rosenhaus, Rosenwald, Rosenfarb, Rosenfrucht. A name like Rosenkwit is an interest­ing hybrid of Rosen (the German “rose”) plus kwit (the Ukrainian “flower”) and is a unique form of the more common Rosenblum. Roskin is “a descendant of Rose.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Rosenberg is an Ashkenazi name that means 'rose mountain'.

- teasugarsalt

Meaning: mountain of roses.

- leandroroisenberg

Rosenberg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rosenberg Come From? nationality or country of origin

Rosenberg (Georgian: როსენბერგ, Russian: Росенберг) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Rösenberg. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rosenberg? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,639th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 98,159 people. The surname Rosenberg is primarily found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Rosenberg reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Rosenberg is also the 361,218th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 544 people.

The last name Rosenberg is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 40,039 people, or 1 in 9,053. In The United States Rosenberg is most prevalent in: California, where 13 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and New Jersey, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 99 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.

Rosenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rosenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rosenberg surname expanded 2,232 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 304 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 820 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 364 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 66 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Rosenberg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Jewish (97%) in Ireland and Evangelical (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Rosenberg last name are 41.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.64% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Rosenberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.4% more than the national average, earning 375,148 kr per year; in Peru they earn 628.34% more than the national average, earning S/. 141,188 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.85% more than the national average, earning R 315,708 per year; in United States they earn 26.65% more than the national average, earning $54,647 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.55% more than the national average, earning $71,815 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rösenberg967/
Roosenberg95170/
Rossenberg9562/
Rosenbergh9558/
Roisenberg9531/
Rosenbergs9519/
Rousenberg9513/
Roesenberg956/
Rosenmberg953/
Roseenberg952/
Rosenbeerg952/
Rrosenberg951/
Rosienberg951/
Rotsenberg950/
Rosnberg946/
Rossenbergh900/
Rozenberg895,370/
Rotenberg892,349/
Rosenburg892,203/
Rosemberg891,976/
Rasenberg89798/
Rüsenberg89429/
Rosenborg89391/
Resenberg8930/
Roxenberg8921/
Rogenberg8910/
Rusenberg895/
Rocenberg894/
Rosinberg893/
Rosenberk893/
Roosnberg891/
Rosenwerg890/
Rosenbarg890/
Rosnbeurg890/
Ronberg88193/
Rosenbergova868/
Rouschenberg861/
Rottenberg841,414/
Rozenbergs84734/
Roosenburg84271/
Rosenburgh84187/
Roytenberg84129/
Rootenberg84115/
Roitenberg84113/
Routenberg8496/
Rushenberg8488/
Rochenberg8477/
Royzenberg8450/
Rojtenberg8435/
Rausenberg8426/
Ratsenberg8425/
Roosemberg8421/
Rassenberg8419/
Rotenbergs8418/
Roizenberg8414/
Rossemberg8413/
Russenberg847/
Roggenberg847/
Rosembergs845/
Ruysenberg845/
Roesemberg844/
Rossenborg843/
Roisemberg843/
Roseenburg842/
Rossenburg842/
Rosembergt841/
Rosenbourg841/
Roshenburg841/
Rashenberg841/
Rotennberg841/
Rojzenberg841/
Rousemberg841/
Rosiemberg841/
Reesenberg840/
Rosenborgh840/
Rousenburg840/
Ronnberg8288/
Rohnberg8211/
Roznberg822/
Rounberg821/
Roynberg821/
Rosnburg821/
Rosmberg821/
Roszenbergová821/
Roinberg821/
Reschenberg8068/
Routtenberg8066/
Rüschenberg8045/
Raushenberg8021/
Ruschenberg8018/
Ruijsenberg8011/
Raschenberg802/
Rosenbourgh802/
Rosembergue802/
Rottennberg801/
Rozenbergue801/
Rozemberg78331/
Razenberg78304/
Rotemberg78134/
Rozenburg78116/
Rotenburg7844/
Rosemburg7840/
Raxenberg7837/
Rosembarg7833/
Rezenberg7831/
Raßenberg7822/
Racenberg7819/
Rotinberg7813/
Rózenberg7813/
Rotenberk7811/
Rozinberg787/
Resemberg785/
Rozenberq784/
Ruzenberg783/
Ratenberg782/
Rozenbarg782/
Rósinberg782/
Rasemberg782/
Roxenburg781/
Rosenburk781/
Rezinberg781/
Rosemborg781/
Rosenbirk781/
Rósemberg781/
Rasenburg780/
Rosinburg780/
Rusenburg780/
Rauschenberg761,039/
Russchenberg76117/
Rozenbergová7693/
Reuschenberg7666/
Rosenberková765/
Rozenbergova764/
Rosembergová764/
Rouschemberg761/
Ruischenberg760/
Romberg754,108/
Ranberg7590/
Ronburg755/
Rãnberg751/
Rautenberg747,491/
Roozenburg74261/
Routenburg7465/
Roggenburg7465/
Rottemberg7449/
Rottenburg7442/
Rottenberk7441/
Roitemberg7414/
Rozenburgh749/
Rausemberg747/
Rozembherg747/
Roizemberg745/
Rattenberg744/
Rachenberg744/
Rauzenberg742/
Rushenburg742/
Ratenbergs742/
Roytenburg741/
Rushinberg741/
Ruchenberg741/
Rojtemberg741/
Rosemberck741/
Roitenburg741/
Rossimberg741/
Rotehnburg741/
Roytemberg741/
Resenburgh740/
Rosinburgh740/
Reesenborg740/
Rootenburg740/
Rhomberg711,502/
Roomberg7166/
Rannberg7145/
Rahnberg715/
Rombergs712/
Hromberg711/
Ronbourg711/
Rommberg711/
Hronburg711/
Rohnburg710/
Ruschenburg7068/
Rajchenberg7048/
Rottenbourg7016/
Rauchenberg706/
Rozembergue706/
Rautenbergs705/
Rauzenbergs703/
Rotembergue702/
Raushenburg701/
Rahchenberg701/
Rozenmpergk701/
Rottenburgh700/
Rachenbergh700/
Ratenburg6720/
Rauschenburg6718/
Rozembergová6713/
Rauschemberg676/
Rozembarg674/
Rozembergova671/
Rozimberg671/
Reuschenburg670/
Rozinburg670/

Rosenberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rosenberg in the Georgian language
როსენბერგrosenberg-
Rosenberg in the Russian language
Росенбергrosenberg-

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