as a Last Name
- 257,301
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Ross
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 80th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 257,301
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Ross per capita
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