How common is the surname Curtiss?

5,500 people in the United States had the surname Curtiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,136 Americans. It ranked 6,217th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Curtiss?

Glenn Curtiss, American aviator and industrialist (1878-1930), followed by Ursula Curtiss.

Where is the surname Curtiss most common?

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

Is the surname Curtiss getting more or less common?

More common. 5,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,500 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Curtiss

A surname, carried by 5,500 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Curtiss is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Curtis.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,500 people named Curtiss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,136 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,378.

#6,217

rank among US surnames

5,500

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,892)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,213	Woodman	5,505	56,085
#6,214	Bodnar	5,502	56,115
#6,216	Hambrick	5,501	56,125
#6,217	Tedder	5,500	56,136

Who is named Curtiss

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

89% of people named Curtiss identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Curtisss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1998

Notable Curtisss come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Curtiss

Curtiss has the Soundex code C632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C632.

Questions

Where does the surname Curtiss come from?: Variant of Curtis.
How common is the surname Curtiss?: 5,500 people in the United States had the surname Curtiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,136 Americans. It ranked 6,217th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Curtiss?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Curtiss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Curtiss?: Glenn Curtiss, American aviator and industrialist (1878-1930), followed by Ursula Curtiss.
Where is the surname Curtiss most common?: Wikidata records people named Curtiss in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Curtiss getting more or less common?: More common. 5,378 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,500 in 2010, up 2.3%.