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Ross

in Alabama

There are 2,615 people with the last name "Ross" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Ross 183
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  1. is 179th most common Haynes
  2. is 180th most common Chapman
  3. is 181st most common Vaughn
  4. is 182nd most common Holland
  5. is 183rd most common Ross
  6. is 184th most common Daniels
  7. is 185th most common Malone
  8. is 186th most common Gilbert
  9. is 187th most common Holt

Similar Names and Nicknames

Rossi, Russo, Rouse, Russ, Rosser, Rizzo, Rossman, Roush, Rousseau, Rosson

Most Common First Names for Ross

William, James, Robert, John, David, Michael, Mary, Willie, Gary, Johnny

Meaning & History

Scottish and English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Rots near Caen in Normandy, probably named with the Germanic element rod ‘clearing’. Compare Rhodes. This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130.

Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Ross or Roos(e), deriving the name from Welsh rhós ‘upland’ or moorland, or from a British ancestor of this word, which also had the sense ‘promontory’. This is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. Known sources of the surname include Roos in Humberside (formerly in East Yorkshire) and the region of northern Scotland known as Ross. Other possible sources are Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, Ross in Northumbria (which is on a promontory), and Roose in Lancashire

English and German: from the Germanic personal name Rozzo, a short form of the various compound names with the first element hrōd ‘renown’, introduced into England by the Normans in the form Roce.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a breeder or keeper of horses, from Middle High German ros, German Ross ‘horse’; perhaps also a nickname for someone thought to resemble a horse or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a horse.

Jewish: Americanized form of Rose 3.

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