The orosz Surname
orosz Name Meaning and History
Hungarian: ethnic name for a Russian, orosz, from Turkish
urus, in turn derived from Russian Rusak ‘Russian’,
which owes its origin to a Scandinavian term meaning ‘oarsman’,
‘rower’ (a reference to the fact that the Russian state was first
established by Scandinavians who rowed their ships inland from the
Baltic sea).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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