The Ros surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,931 people carried this name — #14,250 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,265 people named Ros.
505 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
924 people named Ros have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,080 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
144 people named Ros live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 124 people named Ros live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ros,
with a public archive behind them.
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William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros 1370–1414 · politician -
Hyacinthe Rigaud 1659–1743 · painter -
Anders Ros 1806–1887 · politician -
Antonio Ros de Olano 1808–1886 · writer -
Axel Ros 1833–1908 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 163 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ros.
- Roper 19,520 · U.S. census
- Ropers 144 · U.S. census
- Ropp 2,266 · U.S. census
- Roque 10,806 · U.S. census
- Roques 377 · U.S. census
- Roquet 336 · U.S. census
- Rosa 28,375 · U.S. census
- Rosada 173 · U.S. census
- Rosado 22,066 · U.S. census
- Rosamond 827 · U.S. census
- Rosan 176 · U.S. census
- Rosano 886 · U.S. census
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