# Curtiss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/curtiss/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,500 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,217 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 56,136 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (5,378 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Curtis.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Curtiss in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

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

## People named Curtiss

- Glenn Curtiss, American aviator and industrialist (1878-1930)
- Ursula Curtiss, American author (1923–1984)
- James Curtiss, American mayor and newspaper publisher (1803-1859)
- Aiden Curtiss, British-American fashion model

## Similar surnames

Curtis, Courts, Courtois, Curtsinger, Cortez, Cortes, Cardoza, Cardoso, Crutchfield, Craddock, Cartagena, Crites.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.