The Rostan surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 167 people carried this name — #100,194 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 437 people named Rostan.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 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
23 people named Rostan live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rostan.
- Rossin 501 · U.S. census
- Rossini 1,223 · U.S. census
- Rossler 401 · U.S. census
- Rosso 2,804 · U.S. census
- Rossy 420 · U.S. census
- Rost 3,911 · U.S. census
- Rostas 101 · U.S. census
- Roszak 425 · U.S. census
- Rot 153 · U.S. census
- Rota 894 · U.S. census
- Rotella 1,908 · U.S. census
- Rotger 240 · U.S. census
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