Roussel is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Roussel
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning:

Red haired or complexioned. Diminutive of Roux.

How popular is Roussel?

Roussel is common in France, Canada, United States, Belgium, England, Morocco, Mexico, Guernsey, Mauritius.

Roussel is ranked 8638 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Roussel bearers increased by 7.76 per cent in 2010 US census to 2777 since 2000, the surname slipped by 102 spots and ranked at 11362. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.94 89.76
Black 5.76 5.67
Hispanic or Latino 3.1 2.52
Others 1.37 1.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.66
Roussel is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 65866 people have been found who wears Roussel as their family name. Roussel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Roussel:
58 France52,361
Countries with thousands of Roussel:
762 Canada7,009
11,204 United States3,589
1,596 Belgium1,047
Countries with hundreds of Roussel:
23,859 England174
34,956 Morocco170
11,767 Mexico152
83 Guernsey110
2,656 Mauritius106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
365 New Caledonia99
27,381 Spain81
71,604 Germany76
6,312 Haiti73
30,692 Australia73
164,273 Thailand64
1,039 French Polynesia61
1,548 Luxembourg61
13,375 Switzerland60
37,631 Netherlands52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
65,349 South Africa49
9,432 Dominican Republic39
12,335 Chile37
78,351 Argentina31
2,759 Honduras28
200,051 Brazil23
20,367 New Zealand23
15,044 Scotland16
52,281 Austria15
32,915 Ivory Coast14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
328 Monaco10
54,095 Benin8
115,463 Italy8
47,869 Japan7
23,377 Ecuador7
863,365 India6
5,222 Hong Kong6
11,702 China6
116,183 Sweden6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

19 years old gentleman J. Roussel who was residing in France migrated to USA on April 11, 1851 by Washington put out from Bremen. Amand Roussel, aged 22, 18 years old Jean-Franz Roussel, Jules Roussel (21) Cobbler, 39 years old Jn.Baptiste Roussel, Josephine Roussel, aged 18, Merchant Pheire Roussel, Farmer August Roussel, Anne Roussel (52), and 80 other Roussel majority of whom were farmer and others worked as merchant and laborer, clerk, servant, student, dentist, professor, miner, commercial traveller, tailor, carpenter migrated to US from Havre, Liverpool, Hamburg, Havana, Havre & Santander and Antwerp & Bordeaux.

Roussel Namesakes

  • Albert Roussel, French composer
  • Raymond Roussel, French poet, novelist, playwright, musician
  • Nathalie Roussel, French actress of stage, television and film
  • Peter Roussel,
  • Ker-Xavier Roussel, French painter associated with Les Nabis
  • Cédric Roussel, former Belgian football striker
  • Dominic Roussel, Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender
  • Thierry Roussel, fourth husband of Christina Onassis
  • Tom Roussel, former American football linebacker
  • Henry Roussel, French silent film actor

Roussel Namesakes

  • Albert Roussel, French composer
  • Raymond Roussel, French poet, novelist, playwright, musician
  • Nathalie Roussel, French actress of stage, television and film
  • Peter Roussel,
  • Ker-Xavier Roussel, French painter associated with Les Nabis
  • Cédric Roussel, former Belgian football striker
  • Dominic Roussel, Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender
  • Thierry Roussel, fourth husband of Christina Onassis
  • Tom Roussel, former American football linebacker
  • Henry Roussel, French silent film actor

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