Popularity of the last name by country

Algeria

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Origine of last name

ROUSSEAU : French and Walloon: nickname for a red-haired man from a diminutive of Old French ro(u)s ‘red’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Roux">Roux</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Leroux">Leroux</a>). This surname is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium in Haiti and in South Africa. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Rosseau">Rosseau</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Russeau">Russeau</a>.

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