The Rosario surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 48,051 people carried this name — #725 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,140 people counted. That is up 32% from 36,539 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Rosario surname

From Spanish rosario (“rosary”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rosario» (English), 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 980 people named Rosario 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 369
City of Buenos Aires 222
Misiones 120
Tucumán 58
Córdoba 50
Santa Cruz 38
Chubut 31
Mendoza 23

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

306 people named Rosario live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 98
Ticino 41
Vaud 26
Geneva 25
Bern 20
Aargau 19
Valais 18
Solothurn 17

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 45 people named Rosario.

Most of them — 27 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Paris.

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
Paris 3
Ardennes 3
Lot-et-Garonne 2
Côte-d’Or 1
Aube 1
Pyrénées-Orientales 1
Hautes-Pyrénées 1
Oise 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

24 people named Rosario is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

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

Rosario in American newspapers,
1888–1918.

Newspaper page from Middletown Transcript carrying the name Rosario
Middletown Transcript 1918-11-23
Newspaper page from The Warner Sun carrying the name Rosario
The Warner Sun 1888-04-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,610 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rosario in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1980s.

1,777 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rosario. The most, 1,303, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 72
Queensland 68
ACT (Canberra) 51
Victoria 28
South Australia 26
Western Australia 19
Tasmania 6

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

Who carried it

People named Rosario,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lotario Rosario 1170–1218 · jurist
  • Lotario Rosario 1170–1216 · jurist
  • Virgilio Rosario 1499–1559 · Catholic priest
  • George Joseph Rosario 1872–1931
  • Neelie Beatrice Rosario 1884–1905
  • Edith Evelyn Rosario 1891–1953

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rosario,
in the records of 4 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 States933 records

933 records of the Rosario name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 264
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 226
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 164
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 134
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 109
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 33
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jose Rosario

    Born 1899 in Puerto Rico. Enlisted 1945 at Hayward Army Air Field, California; station agent from Puerto Rico. U.S. Army veteran; died 1975, buried at Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Puerto Rico.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1903 aboard the Hohenzollern from Gibraltar and Naples, aged 38; farmer. From Paternopoli, Avellino, Italy; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Eliu Rosario

    Born 1932; from Puerto Rico. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 933 records for Rosario in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Rosario name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Peter Rosario

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Eden, arriving 1837; ticket of leave 1841.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cardillo Rosario

    Arrived in Victoria in 1911 aboard the Goeben, aged 31.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Josephine Wilehmna Rosario

    Of Edithvale, Victoria; died 1998.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Rosario in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France10 records

10 records of the Rosario 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 Modesta Rosario

    Born 1929 in La Romana (Saint Domingue); died 1994 in Saint-Martin (Guadeloupe).

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

    Born 1932 in Portugal; died 1991 in Roanne (Loire).

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

    Born 1946 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne); died 1997 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Rosario 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Rosario name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Floriberto Paucachinho Rosario

    Died 1974; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

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

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