The Rosse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 531 people carried this name — #41,038 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 18% from 646 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Rosse surname
Borrowed from German Rosse, or a variant of the Scottish surname Ross.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rosse» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 728 people named Rosse.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Eure.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
393 people named Rosse live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 70 people named Rosse 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Rosse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mary Rosse 1813–1885 · astronomer -
Frederick Rosse 1867–1940 · composer -
Frederick Rosse 1867–1940 · composer
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Suze ter Gast-Rosse 1884–1968 · painter -
Herman Rosse 1887–1965 · architect -
James Rosse d. 1656
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rosse.
- Rosinski 1,898 · U.S. census
- Roso 335 · U.S. census
- Ross 229,368 · U.S. census
- Rossa 604 · U.S. census
- Rossano 741 · U.S. census
- Rossato 131 · U.S. census
- Rossel 412 · U.S. census
- Rossell 1,267 · U.S. census
- Rosselle 261 · U.S. census
- Rosselli 844 · U.S. census
- Rossello 376 · U.S. census
- Rosselot 426 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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