The Rosales surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 75,185 people carried this name — #431 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,920 people counted. That is up 46% from 51,336 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Rosales surname

From rosales, plural of rosal (“rosebush”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Rosales» (Spanish) and «rosal» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 46,561 people named Rosales live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 14,942
Mendoza 5,921
Córdoba 4,842
San Luis 3,478
Santa Fe 2,223
Tucumán 2,064
City of Buenos Aires 2,017
San Juan 1,783

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

142 people named Rosales live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 34
Vaud 29
Zurich 21
Bern 11
Basel-Stadt 6
Valais 5
Thurgau 5
St. Gallen 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 49 people named Rosales.

Most of them — 27 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Rhône 8
Doubs 3
Haute-Garonne 3
Pyrénées-Orientales 3
Haute-Saône 2
Loire-Atlantique 1
Lot-et-Garonne 1
Paris 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

30 people named Rosales is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 30

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Rosales in American newspapers,
1915–1927.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Rosales
Evening Star 1915-10-27
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Rosales
The Washington Times 1927-08-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,663 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rosales in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

776 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rosales. The most, 231, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 524
New South Wales 63
Tasmania 56
South Australia 20
Western Australia 14
Queensland 7
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rosales.

Who carried it

People named Rosales,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Víctor Rosales
    Víctor Rosales 1776–1817 · military personnel
  • Leonardo Rosales
    Leonardo Rosales 1792–1836 · military personnel
  • Antonio Rosales
    Antonio Rosales 1822–1865 · military personnel
  • Eduardo Rosales
    Eduardo Rosales 1836–1873 · painter
  • Manuel Landaeta Rosales
    Manuel Landaeta Rosales 1847–1920 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 176 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rosales,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States987 records

987 records of the Rosales name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 663
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 191
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 113
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Frank Lopes Rosales

    Born 1930; from Bexar County, Texas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Andres Rosales

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Sam Houston; driver from Bexar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Max Rosales

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 987 records for Rosales in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France11 records

11 records of the Rosales name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Albert Rosales

    Born 1901 in Turkey; died 1999 in Draveil (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Albertine Antoinette Rosales

    Born 1930 in Villeurbanne (Rhône); died 1995 in Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ignace Rosales

    Born 1925 in Spain; died 1993 in Coursan (Aude).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Rosales in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Rosales name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry Rosales

    Gentleman of Armadale, Victoria; died 1916.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ada M. R. Rosales

    Of Armadale, Victoria; died 1929.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Rosales in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Rosales name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Celestino Rosales

    Died 1998, aged 57; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Rosales name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Antoine Rosales

    Died 1812 in Nijmegen; born in Cabru; soldier.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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