# Gauss (surname)

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

A surname, most commonly referring to German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,029 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,352 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 300,044 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (984 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ɡaʊs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Gauß, which was then spelt as Gauſs or Gauss in Antiqua.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gauss 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gauss in Austria.

## People named Gauss

- Karl-Markus Gauß, Austrian writer

## Similar surnames

Guess, Gass, Gause, Guss, Gaus, Gash, Goss, Gage, Gooch, Gough, Giese, Gasca.

## 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.