Rosin
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Rosin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 24K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 164K
- EEEstonia≈1 in 6.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 249 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from place names Rosien/ Rosin forms; also from Wendish Rohsin- and Prussian names; associated with Rosina
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
How Rosin is read(measured from records)
Rosin is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English54%
A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German13%
from place names Rosien/ Rosin forms; also from Wendish Rohsin- and Prussian names; associated with Rosina
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Toponymic surname: derived from a place name, region, or dwelling/landscape feature; bearer count 28092.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Toponymic surname from the settlement name Rosien (SiedlungsN Rosien); bearers: 1666.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Toponymic surname from settlement/place names in -in; 106 types / 28,092 tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Toponymic surname from a settlement name; French origin is also possible.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
- Portuguese8.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Rosin in Portuguese.
- French7.2%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Rosin in French.
- Spanish5.6%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Rosin in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rosin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 24K | listed | Rosin | 111 |
| BR Brazil | 2,381 | 1 in 89K | 2.4K | — | 3 |
| US United States | 2,028 | 1 in 164K | 2K | Rosin | 249 |
| PH Philippines | ≈770 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Rosin | 23 |
| IT Italy | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 94K | listed | Rosin | 15 |
| SE Sweden | 359 | 1 in 28K | 359 | Rosin | 13 |
| EE Estonia | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | 189 | Rosin | 12 |
| FI Finland | 111 | 1 in 50K | 111 | Rosin | 9 |
| UY Uruguay | 44 | 1 in 77K | 44 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the dfa-band-4 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- David Rosinb. 1823PLGerman philosopher (1823–1894)
- Vladimir Rosinb. 1932Soviet wrestler
- Armin Rosinb. 1939DEGerman musician
- Charles Rosinb. 1952USAmerican screenwriter
- Volker Rosinb. 1956DEGerman musician and liedermacher
- Frank Rosinb. 1966DEGerman cook, TV chef and restaurateur
- Hanna Rosinb. 1970ILAmerican journalist
- Daniel Rosinb. 1980DEGerman footballer
- Katja Rosinb. 1980DEGerman film and stage actor
- Seth Rosinb. 1988USAmerican baseball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 43 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 2.4K | #4,172 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #14,667 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2K | #14,022 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.8K | #15,961 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 359 | #2,507 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 189 | #317 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 170 | #329 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 111 | #11,789 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 44 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 27 | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 4 | — | — | — |
| IT Italy | Dizionario dei Cognomi Italiani (De Felice, 1978) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Rosin come from?
- from place names Rosien/ Rosin forms; also from Wendish Rohsin- and Prussian names; associated with Rosina Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What does the name Rosin mean?
- In English, A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
- In which country does Rosin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.3 thousand people named Rosin in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rosin.
- How common is the name Rosin?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 2,381 people named Rosin, about 1 in 89 thousand residents.
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About this data
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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rosin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.