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Rothschild

in the US

There are 2,911 people with the last name "Rothschild" in the United States.

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Rothschild 8,817
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  3. is 8,815th most common Newbold
  4. is 8,816th most common Rosson
  5. is 8,817th most common Rothschild
  6. is 8,818th most common Dougan
  7. is 8,819th most common Higbee
  8. is 8,820th most common Oboyle
  9. is 8,821st most common Struck

Most Common First Names for Rothschild

Robert, David, Michael, John, Barbara, Stephen, Susan, James, Richard, Peter

Meaning & History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from a house distinguished with a red sign (Middle High German rōt ‘red’ + schilt ‘sign’, ‘shield’), the earliest recorded example dating from the 13th century. The famous banking family of this name took it from a house so marked in the Jewish quarter of Frankfurt-am-Main, but the name has also been adopted by many Ashkenazic Jews unrelated to the family. In Britain the surname is normally given the spelling pronunciation ‘Roths-child’; the original pronunciation is ‘Rote-shilt’.

FOREBEARS The Rothschild dynasty of bankers was founded by Meyer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812). He abandoned his original intention to become a rabbi after his father's early death, and became a factor to the landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. His five sons established branches of the banking business, and of the family, in Vienna, London, Naples, and Paris. They were made barons of the Austrian Empire; successive generations in Britain produced the first practicing Jew to sit in Parliament and the first to be raised to the peerage.

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