The Rosen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,596 people carried this name — #1,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 22,763 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rosen surname
Jewish, German, Swedish, and English surname, all related to the noun rose and the name Rose.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rosen» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Rosen.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 101 people named Rosen live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 57 people named Rosen 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Rosen live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 the Nordic population registers
7,698 people named Rosen are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Rosen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henrique Rosen d. 1892 · photographer
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Max Erlanger de Rosen d. 1961 · photographer
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Reinhold Rosen d. 1664 · military personnel
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Hans von Rosen d. 1701 · military officer
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Otto de Rosen d. 1298
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Fabian Wilhelm von Rosen d. 1687
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rosen.
- Rosell 1,844 · U.S. census
- Roselle 857 · U.S. census
- Roselli 1,977 · U.S. census
- Rosellini 286 · U.S. census
- Rosello 687 · U.S. census
- Rosemond 2,024 · U.S. census
- Rosenbaum 9,333 · U.S. census
- Rosenberg 26,307 · U.S. census
- Rosenberger 7,228 · U.S. census
- Rosenblatt 3,490 · U.S. census
- Rosenblum 4,086 · U.S. census
- Rosenfeld 6,484 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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