How common is the surname Rosson?

4,131 people in the United States had the surname Rosson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,739 Americans. It ranked 8,006th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rosson getting more or less common?

More common. 3,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,131 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Rosson

A surname, carried by 4,131 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rosson is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,131 people named Rosson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,739 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,684.

#8,006

rank among US surnames

4,131

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,271)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,002	Derose	4,135	74,666
#8,003	Karns	4,133	74,703
#8,005	Arcos	4,132	74,721
#8,006	Adelman	4,131	74,739
#8,010	Yousif	4,130	74,757
#8,013	Seeger	4,129	74,775

Who is named Rosson

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

91% of people named Rosson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rosson

Rosson has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.

Questions

How common is the surname Rosson?: 4,131 people in the United States had the surname Rosson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,739 Americans. It ranked 8,006th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rosson?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rosson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rosson getting more or less common?: More common. 3,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,131 in 2010, up 12%.