# Larosa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/larosa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,808 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,140 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,350 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (6,060 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian La Rosa.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Larosa in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 19% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Larosa in Italy.

## People named Larosa

- Francesco La Rosa, association football player (1926-2020)

## Similar surnames

Larios, Larose, Lares, Larussa, Laris, Laroche, Larocca, Lark, Larocque, Larock, Larocco, Largo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.