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

St. Rose, 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 St. Rose surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of St. Rose in America

St. Rose is the 50960th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The St. Rose surname appeared 409 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname St. Rose.

We can also compare 2010 data for St. Rose 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 St. Rose

The surname STROSE is believed to have originated in Germany during the Middle Ages. It is thought to be derived from the Old German word 'strutz', meaning 'thicket' or 'shrub', suggesting that the name may have been initially given to someone who lived near a dense wooded area or thicket.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name STROSE can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of medieval documents from Saxony, dating back to the 13th century. The name is spelled as 'Strotze' in these records, indicating its evolution over time.

Another historical reference to the STROSE name can be found in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, a monumental collection of historical sources on German history, which includes mentions of individuals with the name STROSE from the 14th century.

The earliest known bearer of the STROSE name was Hans Strose, a merchant from the city of Nuremberg, who lived in the late 15th century. Another notable individual was Johann Strose, a Protestant theologian and reformer from Saxony, who was born in 1548 and died in 1611.

In the 16th century, the STROSE name appeared to have spread across various regions of Germany, with records indicating families with this surname residing in cities such as Leipzig, Erfurt, and Frankfurt am Main. One prominent figure from this period was Friedrich Strose, a German jurist and politician who served as the mayor of Leipzig in the late 1500s.

The 17th century saw the STROSE name being associated with several notable scholars and academics. One such individual was Caspar Strose, a German philosopher and mathematician born in 1619 in Torgau, Saxony, who made significant contributions to the field of logic and metaphysics.

Another prominent bearer of the STROSE name was Johann Heinrich Strose, a German theologian and writer who lived from 1663 to 1719. He authored several theological works and served as a pastor in various German cities.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name St. Rose

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

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 St. Rose 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 St. Rose 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 St. Rose was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of St. Rose, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!