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    The surname Rosser

    A Welsh patronymic surname, carried by 8,043 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R260

    Rosser: #4,417 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rosser #4,417, 8,043 people Rosser: #4,417 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rosser #4,417, 8,043 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosser is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    Welsh origin

    From Welsh Rhosier, a cognate of the English Roger.

    Rosser is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,043 people named Rosser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,387 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,604.

    #4,417
    rank among US surnames
    8,043
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,325)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,412Martinson8,04838,363
    #4,413Canty8,04738,368
    #4,414Zayas8,04538,377
    #4,417Rosser8,04338,387

    Who is named Rosser

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    66% of people named Rosser identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rosser

    Rosser has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

    Other Welsh surnames

    All 60 Welsh surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rosser come from?
    From Welsh Rhosier, a cognate of the English Roger.
    How common is the surname Rosser?
    8,043 people in the United States had the surname Rosser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,387 Americans. It ranked 4,417th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rosser?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Rosser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Rosser?
    Rosser is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Rosser getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,043 in 2010, up 5.8%.