Rossel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rossel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 412 people carried this name — #50,659 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (411).

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

706 people named Rossel live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 214
Bern 181
Neuchâtel 81
Fribourg 49
Geneva 45
Valais 25
Zurich 24
Jura 19

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 297 people named Rossel.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Gard.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Gard 48
Doubs 36
Haute-Saône 24
Paris 20
Moselle 17
Nord 13
Aisne 12
Var 10

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 280 people named Rossel 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 113
Santa Fe 72
City of Buenos Aires 59
Mendoza 19
Salta 17

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 121 people named Rossel 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 West Flanders.

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

Where they live today

West Flanders 48
East Flanders 42
Flemish Brabant 16
Antwerp 5
Hainaut 5
Limburg 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

76 people named Rossel is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 76

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).

Who carried it

People named Rossel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elisabeth Paul Edouard Rossel
    Elisabeth Paul Edouard Rossel 1765–1829 · astronomer
  • Louis Rossel
    Louis Rossel 1844–1871 · politician
  • Frédéric Rossel
    Frédéric Rossel 1871–1940
  • Victor Rossel 1807–1868 · politician
  • Karl Rossel 1815–1872 · librarian
  • Aimé Rossel 1820–1877 · politician

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

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