How common is the surname Bliss?

14,588 people in the United States had the surname Bliss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,164 Americans. It ranked 2,471st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bliss?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bliss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bliss?

Alexa Bliss, American professional wrestler, followed by Lucille Bliss.

Where is the surname Bliss most common?

Wikidata records people named Bliss in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Bliss?

Bliss is /blɪs/, one syllable.

Is the surname Bliss getting more or less common?

More common. 14,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,588 in 2010, up 2.2%.

Is Bliss also a first name?

Yes. Bliss is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Bliss

A nickname surname, carried by 14,588 people in the United States.

Pronounced /blɪs/ 1 syllable Soundex B420 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bliss is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.

Bliss is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,588 people named Bliss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,164 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,273.

#2,471

rank among US surnames

14,588

people in 2010

5.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,324)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,462	Salter	14,641	21,088
#2,463	Silverman	14,636	21,095
#2,464	Meehan	14,630	21,104
#2,465	Dennison	14,629	21,105
#2,466	Knott	14,622	21,115
#2,467	Perales	14,593	21,157
#2,469	Mulligan	14,590	21,161

Who is named Bliss

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Bliss identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blisss

17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexa Bliss
American professional wrestler, born 1991
Lucille Bliss
American actress (1916–2012)
Kirby Bliss Blanton
American actress, born 1990
Caroline Bliss
British actress, born 1961
Philip Bliss
19th century Christian hymnodist (1838–1876)
Tasker H. Bliss
8th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1917-1918)
Brian Bliss
American soccer player, born 1965
Boti Bliss
American actress, born 1975
Cornelius Newton Bliss
American merchant, politician and art collector (1833-1911)
Lela Bliss
American actress (1896-1980)
Gilbert Ames Bliss
American mathematician (1876–1951)
Frederick J. Bliss
American archaeologist (1859–1937)

Notable Blisss come mostly from the United States (16) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Blish

Surnames that sound like Bliss

Bliss has the Soundex code B420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B420.

Questions

How common is the surname Bliss?: 14,588 people in the United States had the surname Bliss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,164 Americans. It ranked 2,471st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bliss?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bliss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bliss?: Alexa Bliss, American professional wrestler, followed by Lucille Bliss.
Where is the surname Bliss most common?: Wikidata records people named Bliss in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Bliss?: Bliss is /blɪs/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Bliss?: Bliss is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Bliss getting more or less common?: More common. 14,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,588 in 2010, up 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Bliss?: Blish.
Is Bliss also a first name?: Yes. Bliss is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.