Popularity of the last name by country

Canada

• Québec (248)
• Newfoundland and Labrador (34)
• Ontario (8)
• Nova Scotia (5)
• British Columbia (3)
• Prince Edward Island (3)
• Saskatchewan (3)
• Manitoba (2)
• Alberta (1)
• North West Territories (1)

All countries

• France (319,521)
• Switzerland (4,864)
• Belgium (2,404)
• Algeria (941)
• Germany (793)
• United States (687)
• Italy (553)
• Netherlands (459)
• United Kingdom (452)
• Canada (444)
• Unknown country (315)
• Spain (234)
• New Zealand (226)
• Austria (147)
• Guadeloupe (139)
• Luxembourg (131)
• Mauritius (110)
• Australia (102)
• Réunion (82)
• Martinique (72)
• Russian Federation (62)
• Viet Nam (62)
• New Caledonia (58)
• Morocco (50)
• Tunisia (39)
• Czech republic (38)
• Denmark (34)
• Haiti (34)
• Ireland (34)
• Argentina (29)
• Hungary (27)
• Turkey (25)
• Madagascar (20)
• Ukraine (20)
• Norway (17)
• Poland (17)
• Portugal (17)
• Sudan (17)
• Sweden (15)
• Egypt (14)

Origine of last name

ROUGE : French: nickname for someone with a ruddy complexion from rouge ‘red’. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Lerouge">Lerouge</a>.