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Rosen Ranking

In the United States, the name Rosen is the 1,634th most popular surname with an estimated 19,896 people with that name. 1


United States Rosen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rosen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Susan Rosen, who arrived in Maryland in 1669 2
Rosen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • William Rosen moved to Philadelphia in 1804
  • Emmanuel Rosen moved to Philadelphia in 1840
  • Anna Rosen, aged 23, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1848 2
  • Gesine Rosen, aged 23, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1848 2
  • Margretha Rosen, aged 20, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1848 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Australia Rosen migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Rosen Settlers in Australia in the 20th Century
  • Mr. S. Rosen, aged 27, who is listed as arriving in Melbourne, Australia aboard the ship "Hawkes Bay" in 1913 3
  • Mrs. H. Rosen, aged 23, who is listed as arriving in Melbourne, Australia aboard the ship "Hawkes Bay" in 1913 3
  • Miss B. Rosen, aged 3, who is listed as arriving in Melbourne, Australia aboard the ship "Hawkes Bay" in 1913 3
  • Mr. B. Rosen, aged 2, who is listed as arriving in Melbourne, Australia aboard the ship "Hawkes Bay" in 1913 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Rosen (post 1700) +

  • Saul Mark Rosen (1953-1988), American businessman from Morris Plains, New Jersey, America, who flew aboard the Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit, known as the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and died
  • Stuart M. "Stu" Rosen (1939-2019), American voice director and voice actor, known for his work on Batman: The Animated Series, The Pirates of Dark Water, X-Men, Spiderman: The Animated Series and many more
  • Melvin "Mel" Rosen (1928-2018), American former track coach
  • Harold A. Rosen (1926-2017), American electrical engineer, known as the "father of the communications satellite" for his ground-braking work with Syncom, for Hughes Aircraft Company
  • Larry Rosen (1940-2015), American entrepreneur, producer, musician, and recording engineer
  • Leonard Rosen (1931-2014), American bankruptcy lawyer, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  • Robert Rosen (1934-1998), American theoretical biologist and Professor of Biophysics
  • Andrea Rosen (b. 1974), American comedian and actress
  • Louis Rosen (1918-2009), American nuclear physicist and "father" of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
  • Milton William Rosen (b. 1915), American engineer and physicist, specializing in rockets and satellites
  • ... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie)
  • Saul Mark Rosen (1953-1988), American Businessman from Morris Plains, New Jersey, America, who flew aboard the Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit, known as the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and died 4
Triangle Waist Company
  • Mr. Louis Rosen (b. 1878), "Loeb", Russian Jewish garment worker who was working at Triangle Waist Company factory at the Asch building in Greenwich Village on the 25th March 1911 when fire broke out; he died in the fire 5
  • Miss Fannie Rosen (b. 1890), Russian Jewish garment worker who was working at Triangle Waist Company factory at the Asch building in Greenwich Village on the 25th March 1911 when fire broke out; she died in the fire 5
  • Mr. Israel Rosen (b. 1894), Russian Jewish garment worker who was working at Triangle Waist Company factory at the Asch building in Greenwich Village on the 25th March 1911 when fire broke out; he died in the fire 5
  • Ms. Julia Rosen (b. 1876), Russian Jewish garment worker who was working at Triangle Waist Company factory at the Asch building in Greenwich Village on the 25th March 1911 when fire broke out; she died in the fire 5
  • Miss Anna Rosen, American worker who was at Triangle Waist Company factory at the Asch building in Greenwich Village on the 25th March 1911 when fire broke out; she survived the fire but perished in a different fire in 1911 in Pittsburgh 5


Suggested Readings for the name Rosen +

  • Henry Roosen-Rosen: to Pennsylvania 1765 by Peggy S. Joyner.
  • Search for the family: a Chronicle of the Tzvi Hirsch Shulkin and Geyle Devorah Rosen Family by Sallyann Amdur Sack.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. National Records Search retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=9255624&S=6&N=9&R=0#/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=9255624&T=P&S=1
  4. Pan Am Flight 103's victims: A list of those killed 25 years ago | syracuse.com. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/pan_am_flight_103s_victims_a_list_of_those_killed_25_years_ago.html
  5. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (retrieved on 3rd August 2021.) Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire


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