Find out how popular the last name Rosenbloom is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Rosenbloom.

Rosenbloom, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Rosenbloom surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Rosenbloom in America

Rosenbloom is the 18301st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Rosenbloom surname appeared 1,516 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Rosenbloom.

We can also compare 2010 data for Rosenbloom to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Rosenbloom

The surname Rosenbloom is of German and Ashkenazic Jewish origin. It is a compound name derived from the German words "rosen" meaning rose and "blume" meaning flower or bloom. The name likely originated in the 13th or 14th century as a descriptive name for someone who lived near a rose garden or who cultivated roses.

Surnames derived from occupations or location were common during the Middle Ages when most people lived in small villages and needed a way to distinguish themselves from others with the same first name. The earliest recorded spelling of the name was "Rosenblum" in the German state of Bavaria in 1346.

In medieval Germany, the name Rosenbloom appeared in various records and manuscripts, including the Judensau, a defamatory image depicting Jews in obscene contact with a pig or sow that was found on churches and other buildings throughout Europe during the 13th and 14th centuries.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Rosenbloom was Abraham Rosenbloom, a Jewish merchant and banker who lived in the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany in the late 15th century. Another early bearer of the name was Moses Rosenbloom, a rabbi and scholar who lived in the town of Worms, Germany in the 16th century.

In the 17th century, a family by the name of Rosenbloom settled in the town of Posen, which was then part of the Kingdom of Poland. One member of this family, Isaac Rosenbloom, became a prominent businessman and philanthropist in the city.

During the 19th century, many individuals with the surname Rosenbloom immigrated to the United States and other countries, fleeing persecution and seeking better opportunities. One notable individual was Solomon Rosenbloom, a Russian-born businessman who founded the Rosenbloom Department Store chain in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the late 1800s.

Another famous bearer of the name was Max Rosenbloom, an American professional boxer who held the light heavyweight championship from 1932 to 1934. He was born in 1904 in New York City and had a successful career in the ring.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Rosenbloom

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Rosenbloom.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Rosenbloom was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Rosenbloom has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Rosenbloom was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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