Show ContentsDerossett History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Derossett family

The surname Derossett was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has held a family seat since very early times.

Early History of the Derossett family

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Derossett Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rochette, Rochete, Rocchette, Rochès, Rauchete, Rocette, Rocet, Rosette and many more.

Early Notables of the Derossett family

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Derossett Ranking

In the United States, the name Derossett is the 16,980th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Derossett family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: A. Rochette settled in Texas in 1847; Etienne Rochette, son of Etienne and Madeleine Meure of Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin, diocese de Grenoble, Dauphiné.


Contemporary Notables of the name Derossett (post 1700) +

  • Gene DeRossett, American Republican politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives 55th District; Elected 1998 2


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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