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The Roser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,114 people carried this name — #14,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,111).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 385 people named Roser.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Bas-Rhin 248
Moselle 50
Paris 29
Doubs 11
Yvelines 7
Haut-Rhin 6
Seine-Saint-Denis 5
Loire 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

135 people named Roser live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 26
Basel-Landschaft 23
Aargau 22
Bern 17
Basel-Stadt 13
Lucerne 8
Geneva 7
Thurgau 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 86 people named Roser live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 86

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

27 people named Roser is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 27

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Roser in American newspapers,
1897–1921.

Newspaper page from Baraboo Weekly News carrying the name Roser
Baraboo Weekly News 1921-01-27
Newspaper page from The Brattleboro Daily Reformer carrying the name Roser
The Brattleboro Daily Reformer 1919-08-25
Newspaper page from The Evening Bulletin carrying the name Roser
The Evening Bulletin 1897-06-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,683,853 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Roser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilhelm Roser
    Wilhelm Roser 1817–1888 · physician
  • Ragnfrid Knutsdotter Smoer 1435–1480
  • Johann Georg Roser 1740–1797 · composer
  • Franz de Paula Roser 1779–1830 · composer
  • Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Roser 1787–1861 · politician
  • Magdalena Roser 1806–1888 · singer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Roser.

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