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The Rotella surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,037 people carried this name — #14,612 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 144,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,908 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 231 people named Rotella 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 107
City of Buenos Aires 42
Mendoza 42
Tucumán 40

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 60 people named Rotella.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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 30
Paris 11
Bouches-du-Rhône 10
Corsica 4
Ardennes 1
Marne 1
Moselle 1
Savoie 1
Essonne 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

37 people named Rotella 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

Aargau 21
Basel-Landschaft 5
Solothurn 5
Vaud 3
Zurich 3

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 print

Rotella in American newspapers,
1900–1927.

Newspaper page from Scranton Wochenblatt carrying the name Rotella
Scranton Wochenblatt 1908-12-17
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Rotella
New-york Tribune 1900-04-20
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Rotella
La Gaceta 1927-07-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 444 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Rotella,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Rotella 1780–1810 · criminal
  • Pilade Rotella 1917–1977 · journalist
  • Pilade Rotella 1917–1977 · journalist
  • Rotella 1918–2006 · photographer
  • Rotella 1918–2006 · photographer
  • Elyce J. Rotella 1946– · economist

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

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