Roussos Surname
Approximately 7,100 people bear this surname
Roussos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 5,256 | 1:2,108 | 138 |
| United States | 750 | 1:483,279 | 40,870 |
| Cyprus | 383 | 1:2,310 | 278 |
| Australia | 215 | 1:125,561 | 13,746 |
| Canada | 120 | 1:307,047 | 28,331 |
| South Africa | 99 | 1:547,250 | 43,124 |
| England | 67 | 1:831,613 | 44,286 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Luxembourg | 30 | 1:19,351 | 4,315 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Hungary | 7 | 1:1,402,325 | 60,133 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
Roussos (289) may also be a first name.
Roussos Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Red One” or “Russet” in Greek.
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from the ancient Greek word roussos, which means 'red'. During the Byzantine empire, where hippodrome teams had a great amount of power in the empire, it was a team Reds, or how they called themselves Roussoi (plural of Roussos), until they rebelled to the emperor and a manslaughter occurred the biggest of the empire inside the hippodrome. After that they diminished in numbers. After many years and depression to the Greeks from Ottoman Empire the ones who were characterised by their team became a surname. Some of them changed suffix and we obtained the 3 variants Roussos, Roussis, and Roussakis.
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Average Male Roussos Height
176.71 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Roussos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roussos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roussos has its highest incidence in Greece. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Roussos? popularity and diffusion
It is the 69,710th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,026,415 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Roussos live; 79 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent live in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 519,842nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 289 people.
Roussos is most numerous in Greece, where it is carried by 5,256 people, or 1 in 2,108. In Greece Roussos is most frequent in: Attica, where 52 percent are found, South Aegean, where 22 percent are found and Central Greece, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Greece Roussos occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Cyprus, where 5 percent are found.
Roussos Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Roussos last name are 2.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.98% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Roussos earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 739.99% more than the national average, earning R 1,996,130 per year; in United States they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $46,677 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.64% more than the national average, earning $56,958 CAD per year.
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Roussos Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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