How common is the surname Gauss?

1,029 people in the United States had the surname Gauss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gauss?

Karl-Markus Gauß, Austrian writer.

Where is the surname Gauss most common?

Wikidata records people named Gauss in Austria.

How do you pronounce Gauss?

Gauss is /ɡaʊs/, one syllable.

Is the surname Gauss getting more or less common?

More common. 984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Gauss

A surname, carried by 1,029 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡaʊs/ 1 syllable Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gauss is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,029 people named Gauss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 984.

#24,352

rank among US surnames

1,029

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #23,940)

Who is named Gauss

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

92% of people named Gauss identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gausss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl-Markus Gauß
Austrian writer, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gauss

Gauss has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Questions

Where does the surname Gauss come from?: From German Gauß, which was then spelt as Gauſs or Gauss in Antiqua.
How common is the surname Gauss?: 1,029 people in the United States had the surname Gauss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gauss?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gauss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gauss?: Karl-Markus Gauß, Austrian writer.
Where is the surname Gauss most common?: Wikidata records people named Gauss in Austria.
How do you pronounce Gauss?: Gauss is /ɡaʊs/, one syllable.
Is the surname Gauss getting more or less common?: More common. 984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 4.6%.