Rothenberg

English

Etymology

• As a Jewish surname, derived from German Rot (“red”) + Berg (“mountain, hill”).
• As a German and Jewish surname, from several placenames referring to Rothenberg, from earlier Rodenberg, probably of the meaning of the above.
• Also as a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenburg, itself probably a variant of Rotenburg.

Proper noun

Rothenberg (plural Rothenbergs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rothenberg is the 10352^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3112 individuals. Rothenberg is most common among White (96.14%) individuals.