Rosenthal Surname

12,051st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Rosenthal Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Rose-Valley [see under Rosenbaum, and + Ger. thal, O.H.Ger.

tal, valley, dale]

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Rosenthal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States27,3841:13,2361,643
Germany9,4281:8,5391,051
Israel3,9141:2,186250
England9901:56,2816,812
Canada8051:45,7715,628
Australia7311:36,9304,848
France5741:115,71917,416
Brazil4861:440,48216,689
Argentina2961:144,40312,223
South Africa2431:222,95423,313
Netherlands1701:99,33616,160
Estonia1651:8,0111,044
Austria1551:54,9388,627
Peru1471:216,2199,624
Poland1131:336,36138,482
Chile1111:158,7075,328
Mexico1011:1,228,97214,663
Switzerland961:85,5519,588
Sweden731:134,8879,541
Italy611:1,002,56969,817
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Spain461:1,016,34937,676
Denmark401:141,11812,512
Venezuela321:943,87714,561
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Scotland281:191,20810,357
Czechia281:379,76744,481
Honduras281:314,8732,759
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Hungary201:490,81431,291
Ecuador181:883,65813,769
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Wales171:182,03112,022
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
China111:124,301,9616,553
Panama101:391,2268,067
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Finland91:610,74534,002
Haiti61:1,780,65114,597
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Malta11:430,2723,380
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2771:87,9989,205
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4561:20,4472,591

The alternate forms: Rosenthál (2) & Rósenthál (1) are calculated separately.

Rosenthal (103) may also be a first name.

Rosenthal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Rose-Valley [see under Rosenbaum, and + Ger. thal, O.H.Ger.

tal, valley, dale]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Germany. Literally “Rose Valley.”

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who came from Rosenthal (rose valley), in West Germany.

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

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'valley of the roses'.

- berndoggr

Rosenthal Last Name Facts

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

Rosenthal occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Rosenthál or Rósenthál. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rosenthal? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 12,051st most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 156,345 people. The last name Rosenthal is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Rosenthal live; 61 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Rosenthal is also the 930,172nd most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 103 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 27,384 people, or 1 in 13,236. In The United States Rosenthal is mostly found in: New York, where 17 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States it occurs in 82 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Israel, where 8 percent reside.

Rosenthal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rosenthal has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,115 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 357 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Rosenthal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Jewish (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Rosenthal surname are 41.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.59% being registered with the political party.

The amount Rosenthal earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 17.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,908 per year; in South Africa they earn 27.33% more than the national average, earning R 302,580 per year; in United States they earn 27.12% more than the national average, earning $54,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.13% more than the national average, earning $61,670 CAD per year.

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