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The Rossier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 317 people carried this name — #63,068 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 8% from 344 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,492 people named Rossier live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 779
Fribourg 605
Valais 542
Geneva 249
Bern 106
Neuchâtel 98
Zurich 40
Jura 25

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 226 people named Rossier 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 139
Buenos Aires Province 58
Córdoba 16
Santa Fe 13

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Rossier.

46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 46
Paris 43
Haute-Savoie 22
Jura 13
Bouches-du-Rhône 12
Doubs 11
Rhône 8
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 5
Ain 5

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

Who carried it

People named Rossier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre Rossier
    Pierre Rossier 1829–1886 · photographer
  • André-Joseph Rossier 1647–1715 · architect
  • Henri Rossier 1835–1928 · writer
  • Edmond Rossier 1865–1945 · historian
  • Benjamin Rossier 1865–1948
  • Paul Louis Rossier 1895– · professor of mathematics

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

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Surnames next to Rossier.

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