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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian and Spanish : possibly a southern variant of Rossi.
  • Italian and Spanish : alternatively, perhaps, a habitational name from Russi in Ravenna province, Romagna, though this is not a major area of emigration to North America. The surname is also found in southern Spain and Switzerland, where it is most likely of Italian origin.

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