Rossi Surname

1,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526,728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
San Marino

Rossi Surname Definition:

“Red” in Italian. Compare “Roy” (q.v.).

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Rossi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy347,2881:1761
Brazil48,9861:4,370343
United States36,9751:9,8031,186
Argentina34,4761:1,240175
France19,3531:3,432242
Switzerland4,7731:1,721155
Canada3,4311:10,7391,613
Australia2,6181:10,3121,531
Uruguay2,5881:1,326160
Finland2,4421:2,251346
England2,3181:24,0373,325
Spain1,9881:23,5172,507
Peru1,5421:20,6122,383
Morocco1,5001:22,9843,586
Venezuela1,4101:21,4211,516
Belgium1,4011:8,2061,146
Dominican Republic1,3481:7,740694
Germany1,2671:63,5408,160
Chile1,0711:16,4491,150
Colombia9261:51,5922,586
Russia7041:204,72022,455
Indonesia5781:228,80521,247
South Africa4441:122,02214,442
Scotland4061:13,1871,728
Paraguay3691:19,612804
Algeria3651:105,84015,449
Samoa3651:531147
Thailand3431:205,94334,204
Iran3201:239,94518,364
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Austria3041:28,0114,453
San Marino2941:11313
Portugal2931:35,5572,167
Ecuador2921:54,4724,894
Sweden2651:37,1582,984
Guatemala2501:64,3312,473
Luxembourg2391:2,429276
Greece2311:47,9647,858
Czechia1911:55,6739,329
Netherlands1781:94,87215,531
Malta1561:2,758215
Ireland1231:38,2843,071
Mexico1191:1,043,07713,442
Wales941:32,9213,306
Monaco891:4161
Singapore771:71,5292,869
Croatia731:57,92610,865
Latvia691:29,7114,547
Malaysia631:468,16223,720
Estonia611:21,6693,800
Norway591:87,15712,054
Slovenia581:42,8917,610
Costa Rica531:90,1901,608
New Caledonia521:5,3121,081
French Polynesia491:5,7311,283
India491:15,654,396253,566
Hungary451:218,13918,044
Panama411:95,4213,699
New Zealand401:113,20814,508
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
China371:36,954,6371,973
Kazakhstan371:477,90535,586
Egypt341:2,703,99348,051
Belarus331:287,91132,667
Poland331:1,151,78076,152
Bosnia and Herzegovina301:117,8809,113
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Hong Kong251:293,4193,083
Turkey251:3,112,85787,657
Cyprus231:38,4734,154
United Arab Emirates231:398,36023,003
Northern Ireland221:83,8655,605
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
Nicaragua211:286,7192,940
Tunisia191:32,1384,775
Aruba181:5,749789
Seychelles181:5,133784
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Japan151:8,522,95344,380
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
Bangladesh141:11,382,62713,510
El Salvador131:487,9912,918
United States Virgin Islands121:9,1981,357
Bolivia111:965,1304,776
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Puerto Rico81:443,7673,219
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Cuba71:1,646,1028,141
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Vietnam71:13,235,1512,948
Andorra61:13,9731,444
Antigua and Barbuda61:16,5281,436
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Senegal61:2,429,8904,996
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Armenia51:586,03610,281
Ghana51:5,404,13815,377
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Dominica41:18,973529
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Liberia41:1,102,13437,930
Lithuania41:758,64725,175
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Oman41:921,9937,313
Albania31:971,35222,477
Angola31:8,996,40511,732
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Kyrgyzstan31:1,990,88579,765
Malawi31:5,706,37034,070
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Tajikistan31:2,795,56412,819
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
DR Congo21:36,939,785260,488
Gabon21:944,5976,773
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Togo21:3,623,88411,997
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Comoros11:749,524685
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guam11:160,1214,893
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:308,54920,627
Wales71:224,0598,079
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2561:196,16717,139

The alternate forms: Rössi (95), Rossí (25) & Róssi (1) are calculated separately.

Rossi (22,814) may also be a first name.

Rossi Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Red” in Italian. Compare “Roy” (q.v.).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Italian) The red-haired or ruddy-complexion man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

- amazintangerine

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.

- alby

The surname "Rossi" derives from the late Latin word Russus or Rubeus, now rosso in modern italian, which means "red". The color red, in the surname, describes atrributes like red hair, a red beard or a lightly red skin tone.

- silenoz1982

Rossi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rossi (Arabic: روسي, Marathi: रॉसी, Russian: Росси) is held by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Rössi, Rossí or Róssi. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rossi? popularity and diffusion

Rossi is the 1,016th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,836 people. The surname Rossi is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Rossi reside; 67 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 66 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 34,213th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 22,814 people.

It is the most commonly used last name in 2 countries: Italy, where 66 percent reside and Monaco, where 0.02 percent reside. The last name Rossi is most frequently used in Italy, where it is carried by 347,288 people, or 1 in 176. In Italy Rossi is most prevalent in: Lombardy, where 24 percent reside, Lazio, where 13 percent reside and Emilia-Romagna, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Italy Rossi exists in 177 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Rossi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rossi has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rossi surname increased 14,443 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 2,934 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 10,150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 1,538 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,343 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rossi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Rossi surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Rossi are 0.66999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.56% being registered with the party.

The amount Rossi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 0.63% more than the national average, earning €30,219 per year; in Norway they earn 12.06% less than the national average, earning 304,330 kr per year; in Peru they earn 78.95% more than the national average, earning S/. 34,690 per year; in South Africa they earn 171.55% more than the national average, earning R 645,312 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.2% less than the national average, earning $17,662,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.73% more than the national average, earning $48,640 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.28% more than the national average, earning $55,784 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rössi9395/
Rossí9325/
Róssi931/
Roussi912,533/
Rossit91987/
Rossie91942/
Rossis91921/
Rossio91587/
Rossid9135/
Rossip9123/
Rossiy9115/
Rossoi915/
Rrossi914/
Rossii913/
Rossei913/
Roissi913/
Roossi912/
Rosszi912/
Ruossi912/
Hrossi911/
Rosssi911/
Rossai911/
Royssi911/
Rosi8922,068/
Roussis831,616/
Roussie83330/
Rossich83136/
Rossitt8357/
Roussei8355/
Rosseid8336/
Roussid836/
Rossije833/
Roessie832/
Rossais832/
Rosshid831/
Rossieh831/
Rosid8028,808/
Rossa8012,274/
Russi8012,237/
Roses804,408/
Rosse804,170/
Rassi803,971/
Rossy802,725/
Rosit802,374/
Rosiy801,790/
Rosie801,744/
Roshi801,230/
Rotsi80922/
Ressi80694/
Rosci80596/
Rousi80595/
Rossé80497/
Rosih80493/
Ruosi80380/
Rosai80340/
Rosis80314/
Rozsi80287/
Roosi80259/
Rosip80242/
Rosič80217/
Rosyi80207/
Roisi80140/
Rosei80135/
Rosoi80108/
Rosés8095/
Rohsi8074/
Rüssi8026/
Roszi8025/
Rosys8013/
Rodsi8012/
Roysi8011/
Rosji8011/
Rosii809/
Rossý807/
Roesi806/
Rosui804/
Rhosi802/
Rossè801/
Rosès801/
Rosiz801/
Rossooyi771/
Roshid7333,597/
Rosier7321,096/
Rosser7317,408/
Rosset7310,683/
Rousse735,532/
Roussy733,985/
Rosich731,863/
Roscio731,231/
Rassid731,039/
Rroshi73928/
Rousis73758/
Rosaia73572/
Rossey73527/
Raussi73442/
Ruotsi73383/
Russie73367/
Routsi73366/
Ressie73331/
Rotsai73293/
Rassie73272/
Roussa73260/
Roisse73230/
Rassai73219/
Rooses73160/
Rosais73144/
Rossez73139/
Rhassi73136/
Russis73124/
Rosses73121/
Rhosie73109/
Rossay7386/
Rootsi7383/
Ressai7381/
Russio7378/
Reussi7378/
Rassip7370/
Rosies7368/
Rassis7350/
Roissy7343/
Rosaiy7337/
Rodsai7336/
Russoi7335/
Hrosid7327/
Roishi7327/
Rossee7326/
Roshio7323/
Rassio7322/
Roossa7320/
Roosei7320/
Russit7319/
Rousie7318/
Russai7318/
Roesie7318/
Rhosid7317/
Roseid7317/
Russói7317/
Roisie7316/
Raessi7315/
Rosaid7315/
Rooshi7315/
Roszie7315/
Rossøy7314/
Raassi7313/
Roesih7313/
Rassit7313/
Roussé7313/
Rhosit7312/
Russiy7311/
Roszid7310/
Rosess739/
Rositt739/
Rodshi739/
Rozsai739/
Rouses737/
Ruissi737/
Rosiee737/
Raïssi737/
Rosicz737/
Rosioa737/
Roosie736/
Rosaiz736/
Rhotsi736/
Russyi736/
Roshes735/
Ruosoi735/
Rosait734/
Roushi734/
Ruoshi734/
Rossoy734/
Rotsit734/
Roxshi734/
Rossyp734/
Rassiy733/
Rhoses733/
Roshit733/
Russei733/
Rosiet733/
Ruosie733/
Rousei733/
Rasshi733/
Roesse733/
Roscie733/
Rocess733/
Rosjai733/
Hrosei733/
Rosits732/
Roxsie732/
Rosish732/
Rotshi732/
Roysse732/
Roshai732/
Rosied732/
Rousid732/
Roshoi732/
Rosieh732/
Rossée732/
Roseas732/
Rousit732/
Hrosse732/
Rosaai732/
Rosesd732/
Russii731/
Rosets731/
Roshij731/
Rosseu731/
Rassoi731/
Rohsid731/
Roosse731/
Rossea731/
Rossys731/
Rosiez731/
Hrousi731/
Rassii731/
Rhossa731/
Rosiej731/
Rosseh731/
Roszij731/
Roséss731/
Roisai731/
Roises731/
Roissa731/
Roissé731/
Rosees731/
Rrussi731/
Ruosis731/
Radssi731/
Rotsis731/
Rosesh731/
Roship731/
Roshzi731/
Roszai731/
Russid731/
Russip731/
Ressei731/
Rodsie731/
Rosshe730/
Roshie730/
Roshei730/
Rosa671,063,913/
Rose67415,299/
Rozi6790,956/
Rousset6717,594/
Rasi6711,745/
Rosy674,575/
Rusi674,195/
Roussey671,810/
Roçi671,562/
Roci67853/
Routsis67725/
Roxi67562/
Rossett67476/
Rousier67409/
Rási67270/
Roussay67231/
Rosé67146/
Roussez67125/
Rotschi67102/
Rousies67102/
Rozsits6789/
Rüsi6776/
Roussea6770/
Rousser6760/
Rositch6754/
Russich6751/
Rasshid6750/
Roscitt6744/
Rosí6744/
Roshets6739/
Hrousis6729/
Roussee6723/
Rosè6719/
Rosá6718/
Roschys6717/
Roschie6716/
Routses6715/
Rouseas6715/
Raussis6714/
Rousses6713/
Rassaid6713/
Rousseh6712/
Roscich6710/
Roisier6710/
Roisset679/
Rozsich678/
Roszich678/
Ruoshui677/
Roschei677/
Rossoha675/
Roshchi675/
Rhoszid674/
Routsai674/
Rodsuit674/
Rossher673/
Rosszer673/
Rhossey673/
Roshcis673/
Rosiets672/
Rosszay672/
Rashsid672/
Roosset672/
Russais672/
Rousesr671/
Roycess671/
Russish671/
Roshesh671/
Rosserr671/
Roosaid671/
Rooshid671/
Rosches671/
Rojshie671/
Rosehie671/
Rôsi671/
Rotshes671/
Rassich671/
Rassieh671/
Raïssis671/
Rossess671/
Rosshed671/
Rosoaia671/
Rosý671/
Roisaid671/
Rosehgi671/
Roeschi671/
Roysihe671/
Roysset671/
Roësset671/
Roşi671/
Roßi671/
Rouëssé671/
Roussée671/
Rothshi671/
Raessie671/
Rahassi671/
Roshieh671/
Rosseph671/
Roszaid671/
Rosa'ai671/
Russaid671/
Rozshid671/
Rozshyi671/
Hrosser671/
Russitt670/
Rassiey670/
Roushie670/
Roosich670/
Roseitt670/
Roschit670/
Reussie670/
Roosier670/
Rochess670/
Rhousie670/
Rouschi670/
Rassitt670/

Rossi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rossi in the Marathi language
रॉसीrosi-
Rossi in the Russian language
Россиrossi-
Rossi in the Arabic language
روسيrwsy-
روسّيrwsy-

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Rossi Reference & Research

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