Last Name ROSSI

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Meaning	Red-haired. The name is more common in Northern Italy.

Origin	Italian, Jewish, Spanish, Maltese, Belgian, South african, Hungarian, Moroccan

Rank	1,263 (2000 US census)	1,594 (1990 US census)

Count	25,512 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.6%, or 23879 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.58%, or 148 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 117 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.14%, or 36 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.16%, or 296 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
4.06%, or 1036 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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