lo Russo Surname

168,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,560 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

lo Russo Surname User-submission:

Russo is a Sicilian name derived from the Vikings or Rus. Rus (pronounced roos) in Norse means 'he rows' or 'men who row'. The Rus entered the Mediterranean between 800-1000 AD and helped the Sicilians fight the Arab-Byzantine rulers. Two centuries later, under the Norman rule of Sicily, Riccardo, a descendant of King Roger II, was granted the land title of Sperlinga Castle.

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lo Russo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,9541:31,2985,606
Argentina1941:220,32718,124
Switzerland1041:78,9709,101
United States621:5,846,112285,490
France611:1,088,897118,069
Venezuela451:671,20211,567
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
England161:3,482,379114,324
Liechtenstein141:2,741294
Austria91:946,15970,786
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

lo Russo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Russo is a Sicilian name derived from the Vikings or Rus. Rus (pronounced roos) in Norse means 'he rows' or 'men who row'. The Rus entered the Mediterranean between 800-1000 AD and helped the Sicilians fight the Arab-Byzantine rulers. Two centuries later, under the Norman rule of Sicily, Riccardo, a descendant of King Roger II, was granted the land title of Sperlinga Castle. Riccardo took the surname Russo or Rosso and bestowed to the castle a coat of arms featuring Halley's comet against a red backdrop. To this day, Sicilians will refer to someone with that name Signor Rus.

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This surname means 'red (color)', referring to the typical red color of the hair or to some element of this color near the home of the family. It was already present in the form of a qualifying adjective to Rome in the imperial age as Rubius and Rossius and later spread from the Middle Ages to today with a large number of variants. We find this surname in Puglia, and precisely in Monopoli, in a deed of sale of the second half of the sixteenth century.

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lo Russo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name lo Russo Come From? nationality or country of origin

lo Russo is carried by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of lo Russo.

How Common Is The Last Name lo Russo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 168,729th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,846,698 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of lo Russo reside; 77 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 77 percent reside in Italic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Italy, where it is carried by 1,954 people, or 1 in 31,298. In Italy lo Russo is primarily found in: Campania, where 28 percent reside, Lazio, where 20 percent reside and Apulia, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Italy lo Russo exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 8 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.

lo Russo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount lo Russo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 28.51% less than the national average, earning €21,468 per year; in United States they earn 33.64% more than the national average, earning $57,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $44,858 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo Ruso932/
La Russo8897/
lo Rosso8815/
Lo-Russo886/
lo Riso8051/
La Russa751,713/
La Rusa676/
lo Rosa671/
La Roso671/
La Rossa63202/
La-Russa633/
Los Rosa631/
La Rosa5351,726/
La-Rossa503/
La Rrosa502/
La Rosaa502/

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