Rózsa: Surname History and Family Crest

Search old registers for Rózsa and you will soon meet Rosa too. Read literally, Rózsa points to “Rose”. Rózsa is listed among the recognised spellings of Rosa. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Roza, Roosa and Rosi.

In the 2010 US Census, 405 Americans gave Rózsa as their last name (rank 51,396).

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Rózsa, so the heraldry linked to Rosa is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Rózsa family name pack.