Rosso (surname)

Not to be confused with Rossi (surname).

Rosso is a surname of Italian origin, which means "red (haired)".

## Geographical distribution

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As of 2014, 45.5% of all known bearers of the surname Rosso were residents of Italy (frequency 1:2,279), 13.4% of Argentina (1:5,407), 9.7% of Brazil (1:35,898), 6.8% of the United States (1:89,908), 6.0% of France (1:18,766), 4.9% of the Dominican Republic (1:3,613), 2.9% of Colombia (1:27,711), 1.7% of Bolivia (1:10,735), 1.4% of Uruguay (1:4,175) and 1.1% of Spain (1:73,139).

In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,279) in the following regions:

* 1\. Piedmont (1:253)
* 2\. Liguria (1:881)
* 3\. Friuli-Venezia Giulia (1:884)
* 4\. Veneto (1:2,032)

In Argentina, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,407) in the following provinces:[1]

* 1\. Córdoba Province (1:1,667)
* 2\. Santa Fe Province (1:1,733)
* 3\. San Luis Province (1:2,332)
* 4\. La Pampa Province (1:2,962)
* 5\. Formosa Province (1:3,927)

In Uruguay, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,175) in the following departments:

* 1\. Soriano (1:654)
* 2\. Florida (1:1,228)
* 3\. Canelones (1:2,608)
* 4\. Río Negro (1:2,716)

## People

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* Antonio De Rosso (1941–2009), head of the Orthodox Church in Italy and the Metropolitan of Ravenna and Italy
* Camilla and Rebecca Rosso (born 1994), British former actresses and singers
* Franco Rosso (1941–2016), Italian-born film producer and director
* Frank Rosso (1921–1980), American baseball player
* George Rosso (1930–1994), American professional football player
* Giovanni Rosso (born 1972), Croatian professional football player
* John Rosso, Papua New Guinea politician
* Julee Rosso (contemporary), American cook and food writer
* Medardo Rosso (1858–1928), Italian sculptor
* Nini Rosso (1926–1994), Italian jazz trumpeter and composer
* Patrick Rosso (born 1969), French judoka
* Ramón Rosso (born 1996), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
* Renzo Rosso (born 1955), Italian clothing designer; co-founder of the Diesel clothing company
* Rebecca Rosso (born 1994), British actress, twin sister of Camilla Rosso, and younger sister of Georgina Rosso
* Stefano Rosso (1948–2008), Italian songwriter and guitarist

## See also

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* Rossi (surname)
* Russo
* Merrick and Rosso, an Australian comedy duo, Merrick Watts and Tim Ross

## References

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1. ^ Rosso surname distribution

Surname list

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Surnames derived from the color Red

English|

* Read
* Reed
* Reid

German/Yiddish|

* Roth
* Rothe
* Rother

Other Germanic|

* Rood
* Roode
* De Roode

Hungarian|

* Vörös

Romance|

* Rojas
* Rojo
* Rossi
* Rosso
* Roșu
* Russo

Slavic|

* Krasny

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