The Rostas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 119 people carried this name — #140,157 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 18% from 101 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 101 people named Rostas 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 Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Rostas.
Most of them — 36 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
50 people named Rostas live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
28 people named Rostas 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).
Who carried it
People named Rostas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joëlle Rostas d. 2019 · researcher
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Tibor Eliot Rostas 1970– · artist
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Jose-Andrei Rostas 2008– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rostas.
- Rossini 1,296 · U.S. census
- Rossler 333 · U.S. census
- Rosso 3,006 · U.S. census
- Rossy 489 · U.S. census
- Rost 3,913 · U.S. census
- Rostan 186 · U.S. census
- Roszak 445 · U.S. census
- Rot 191 · U.S. census
- Rota 908 · U.S. census
- Rotella 2,037 · U.S. census
- Rotger 289 · U.S. census
- Roth 58,278 · U.S. census
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