Roza

Family name origins & meanings

• Asturian-Leonese and Spanish : habitational name from any of the numerous places named Roza or La Roza, especially in Asturies, from Asturian-Leonese roza ‘undergrowth’, equivalent to Spanish roza ‘cleared land’ (from rozar ‘to clear’, ‘to plow’, from Late Latin ruptiare, from the past participle ruptus of classical Latin rumpere ‘to break’).