The Rosenberg surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,307 people carried this name — #1,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 25,271 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Rosenberg surname
By surface analysis, Rose (“rose”) + -n- + Berg (“mountain”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rosenberg» (German), 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 418 people named Rosenberg 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
413 people named Rosenberg live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 282 people named Rosenberg.
106 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
93 people named Rosenberg have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 233 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 92 people named Rosenberg 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 Antwerp.
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 the Nordic population registers
3,887 people named Rosenberg are counted in Sweden, Finland and Norway.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. 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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Rosenberg in American newspapers,
1918–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 102,354 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rosenberg,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Karl Rosenberg d. 1628 · writer -
Julio Rosenberg d. 1947 · musician
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Hans Rosenberg d. 1917 · soldier
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Simon Hippolyt Rosenberg d. 1537 · Lutheran pastor
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Louis Rosenberg d. 1937 · militant
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Magda Rosenberg d. 1944 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rosenberg.
- Roselli 1,977 · U.S. census
- Rosellini 286 · U.S. census
- Rosello 687 · U.S. census
- Rosemond 2,024 · U.S. census
- Rosen 22,596 · U.S. census
- Rosenbaum 9,333 · 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
- Rosenfelder 182 · U.S. census
- Rosenkranz 1,125 · U.S. census
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