Rossiter

English

Etymology

Variant of Rochester.

Proper noun

Rossiter (countable and uncountable, plural Rossiters)

1. A surname.
2. A census-designated place in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, founded as a coal mining town.

Derived terms

• Rossiter-McLaughlin effect

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rossiter is the 9770^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3316 individuals. Rossiter is most common among White (93.73%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rossiter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Tres Rios, resistor, roisters, sorriest, storiers