Rothschild Surname

61,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Rothschild Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Red Shield.

Rothschild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,4751:66,2037,725
Israel1,2961:6,6031,010
England1871:297,95822,741
Canada1591:231,73322,208
South Africa1151:471,11039,128
Australia1131:238,90022,291
France1071:620,77381,454
Germany1031:781,60657,825
Switzerland811:101,39410,819
Brazil801:2,675,92980,209
Argentina641:667,86646,303
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Ireland481:98,1035,309
Denmark391:144,73612,759
Belgium341:338,13737,845
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Norway311:165,88020,092
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
Ecuador171:935,63814,108
China141:97,665,8265,141
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Peru121:2,648,67728,015
Costa Rica111:434,5523,937
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Panama51:782,45211,059
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Wales51:618,90625,852
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6151:81,6568,568

Rothschild (101) may also be a first name.

Rothschild Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Red Shield.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Ger.) Red Shield (sign-name) [see under Roth, and + Ger. schild, O.H.Ger. scilt, shield, escutcheon]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Red Shield” in German. Inn or house sign. Compare Rothkugel.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) The great banking family drew its name from the red shield which swung before the shop door in Frankfurt.

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

Whatever may have been the origin of this name, its component parts are the German for "red shield," and it is not improbable that it was originally assumed, in chivalric times, by one who chose to carry a weapon of that colour. There are several instances of some peculiarity in the weapons of ancient warriors having given rise to sobriquets, and even to transmissible or family names, such as Lougespee, Strongbow, Fortescue, Brownsword. We have also an authenticated instance of an ' armiger ' who chose to bear his ensigns with the single tincture Gules, or red. In the curious heraldric poem on the Siege of Carlaverock, A.D. 1300, one of the commanders is described as bearing, not indeed a shield, but a banner, entirely red: —

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From a town in Denmark, which is said to take its name from a river with which it is watered that drives several mills. Roe, in the ancient Danish language, signifies a king, and kille, a stream of water or brook, i. e., the king's brook. Some have given the signification "Red—shield" to the name, from Roth, red.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Rothschild Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rothschild is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rothschild? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rothschild is the 61,191st most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 886,671 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Rothschild are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Rothschild is also the 940,641st most prevalent forename on earth, held by 101 people.

The last name Rothschild is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 5,475 people, or 1 in 66,203. In The United States Rothschild is most prevalent in: California, where 14 percent are found, Illinois, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 16 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Rothschild Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rothschild has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rothschild surname expanded 890 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 623 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rothschild Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rothschild last name are 40.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.93% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Rothschild earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 43.5% more than the national average, earning 496,628 kr per year; in Peru they earn 528.39% more than the national average, earning S/. 121,813 per year; in South Africa they earn 188.16% more than the national average, earning R 684,768 per year; in United States they earn 33.62% more than the national average, earning $57,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 85.01% more than the national average, earning $91,918 CAD per year.

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Rothschild Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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