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The ROSSER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 7,604 4325 0.003 28
United States (1880 census) 1,456 3941 0.003 29
Change since 1880 +6148 -384 0 -1
Other Countries
Australia 714 2261 0.004 44
United Kingdom 2,905 2130 0.006 63
Top States for ROSSER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 1,068 1068 0.013 130
Texas 721 3360 0.003 35
Virginia 562 1749 0.008 79
North Carolina 496 2400 0.006 62
Ohio 469 3192 0.004 41
Top States for ROSSER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 1,068 1068 0.013 130
Alabama 366 1990 0.008 82
Virginia 562 1749 0.008 79
North Carolina 496 2400 0.006 62
Tennessee 333 2587 0.006 59

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called ROSSER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called ROSSER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called ROSSER in Georgia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a ROSSER by picking someone at random in Georgia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of ROSSER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Wales

Language of origin: Welsh

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the ROSSER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the ROSSER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of ROSSER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 116 1.53
White (Hispanic) 90 1.18
Native American/Alaskan 47 0.62
Asian/Pacific 33 0.43
White (Caucasian) 5,239 68.9
Black/African American 2,079 27.34

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the ROSSER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of ROSSER in historical publications

ROSSER. See Ross. A dweller tipon a heath, or upon a promontor3\

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to ROSSER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as ROSSER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for ROSSER

The following words are slight variants of ROSSER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.