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    The surname Rossow

    A surname, carried by 1,530 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R200

    Rossow: #18,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rossow #18,184, 1,530 people Rossow: #18,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rossow #18,184, 1,530 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rossow is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,530 people named Rossow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. That is down 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,653.

    #18,184
    rank among US surnames
    1,530
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,104)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,177Albury1,531201,663
    #18,184Colvard1,530201,794

    Who is named Rossow

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

    97% of people named Rossow identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rossow

    Rossow has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rossow?
    1,530 people in the United States had the surname Rossow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,794 Americans. It ranked 18,184th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rossow?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Rossow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Rossow getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,653 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,530 in 2010, down 7.4%.