The Rothschild surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,954 people carried this name — #10,795 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 100,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 2,970 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Rothschild surname
Borrowed from German Rothschild (literally “red shield”) with a spelling pronunciation (as though equivalent to English Roth's child).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rothschild» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
92 people named Rothschild live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Rothschild.
Most of them — 30 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 51 people named Rothschild 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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Rothschild is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Rothschild in American newspapers,
1901–1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 141,503 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rothschild,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1744–1812 · merchant -
Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1744–1812 · merchant
-
Gutle Rothschild 1753–1849 -
Amschel Mayer Rothschild 1773–1855 · banker -
Amschel Mayer Rothschild 1773–1855 · banker
-
Max Rothschild d. 1939 · art dealer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rothschild.
- Rotger 289 · U.S. census
- Roth 58,278 · U.S. census
- Rothan 118 · U.S. census
- Rothe 2,831 · U.S. census
- Rothenburger 107 · U.S. census
- Rothlisberger 541 · U.S. census
- Rotolo 1,488 · U.S. census
- Roton 287 · U.S. census
- Rotondo 2,681 · U.S. census
- Rott 1,299 · U.S. census
- Rotter 2,121 · U.S. census
- Rottier 409 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rothschild is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.