Popularity of the last name by country

Switzerland

• Geneva (429)
• Vaud (282)
• Neuchâtel (190)
• Valais (174)
• Fribourg (126)
• Bern (51)
• Zurich (41)
• Jura (27)
• Basel (16)
• Grisons (7)
• Lucerne (7)
• Ticino (5)
• St. Gallen (3)
• Aargau (2)
• Schaffhausen (1)
• Solothurn (1)

All countries

• France (1,883,314)
• Canada (18,001)
• Belgium (13,448)
• United States (4,600)
• Algeria (4,331)
• Guadeloupe (3,379)
• Netherlands (2,498)
• United Kingdom (1,816)
• Switzerland (1,546)
• Germany (1,238)
• Madagascar (776)
• Italy (751)
• Réunion (685)
• Mauritius (635)
• Morocco (406)
• Spain (369)
• New Caledonia (348)
• Unknown country (345)
• Martinique (334)
• Viet Nam (229)
• Tunisia (188)
• Mexico (136)
• Luxembourg (110)
• Poland (99)
• Russian Federation (88)
• Monaco (87)
• Turkey (87)
• St. Pierre and Miquelon (83)
• Austria (82)
• Sudan (79)
• Ireland (68)
• Haiti (62)
• India (62)
• Sweden (57)
• Greece (55)
• Serbia (49)
• French Guiana (48)
• Senegal (48)
• New Zealand (45)
• Denmark (39)

Origine of last name

ROUSSEL : French and Breton: 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>).