Surname Checker / Ross
How Common Is the Last Name Ross?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Ross today
253,962
Ranked #98 of 162,254 published surnames · 77.76 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 229,368 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
68.96%
Black
24.46%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.61%
Hispanic
2.75%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.