The Rossy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 489 people carried this name — #44,034 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 16% from 420 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
146 people named Rossy live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Rossy.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Rossy,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Petrus Rossy d. 1729
-
Karel Rossy d. 2001
-
Jeanne-Marie Rossy 1720–1795
-
Moritz Rossy 1815–1886 · lawyer
-
Moritz Rossy 1815–1886 · lawyer
-
Salim Rossy 1900–2000 · shopkeeper
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rossy.
- 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
- Rosso 3,006 · 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
- Rota 908 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rossy is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.