Rotenberg

English

Alternative forms

• Rotenberry

Etymology

• As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”).
• As a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenberg.

Proper noun

Rotenberg (plural Rotenbergs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rotenberg is the 37993^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 584 individuals. Rotenberg is most common among White (97.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rotenberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.