The Rosso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,006 people carried this name — #10,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 98,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,804 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,922 people named Rosso 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 Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 1,595 people named Rosso.
338 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
126 people named Rosso live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Rosso is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Rosso in American newspapers,
1903–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,094 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rosso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cristoforo Grimaldi Rosso 1480–1563 · politician -
Giuseppe Del Rosso 1760–1831 · architect -
Medardo Rosso 1858–1928 · photographer -
Medardo Rosso 1858–1928 · photographer
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Luciano Rosso d. 1602 · Catholic priest
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Serge Bruna-Rosso d. 2011
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rosso.
- Rossi 26,183 · U.S. census
- Rossier 317 · U.S. census
- Rossignol 1,609 · U.S. census
- Rossin 497 · U.S. census
- Rossini 1,296 · U.S. census
- Rossler 333 · U.S. census
- Rossy 489 · U.S. census
- Rost 3,913 · U.S. census
- Rostan 186 · U.S. census
- Rostas 119 · U.S. census
- Roszak 445 · U.S. census
- Rot 191 · U.S. census
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