How common is the surname Kiss?

3,990 people in the United States had the surname Kiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,380 Americans. It ranked 8,305th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kiss?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kiss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kiss?

Antal Kiss, athletics competitor (1935–2021), followed by Tamás Kiss.

Where is the surname Kiss most common?

Wikidata records people named Kiss in Hungary.

Is the surname Kiss getting more or less common?

More common. 3,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,990 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Kiss

A Hungarian surname, carried by 3,990 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kiss is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

* As a Hungarian surname, from Kiss. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman cuisse (“thigh”).

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,990 people named Kiss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,380 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,601.

#8,305

rank among US surnames

3,990

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+10.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,431)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,297	Schiff	3,993	77,322
#8,299	Hoard	3,992	77,341
#8,304	Vannoy	3,991	77,360
#8,305	Jean-Pierre	3,990	77,380
#8,308	Press	3,989	77,399
#8,312	Steinbach	3,987	77,438
#8,313	Rideout	3,986	77,457

Who is named Kiss

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

94% of people named Kiss identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kisss

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Antal Kiss
Athletics competitor (1935–2021)
Tamás Kiss
Association football player, born 2000
József Kiss
Austro-Hungarian flying ace (1896–1918)
Máté Kiss
Association football player (b. 1991)
Károly Kiss
(1903–1983) politician
Leslie Kish
American statistician (1910-2000)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kiss

Kiss has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kiss come from?: * As a Hungarian surname, from Kiss. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman cuisse (“thigh”).
How common is the surname Kiss?: 3,990 people in the United States had the surname Kiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,380 Americans. It ranked 8,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kiss?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kiss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kiss?: Antal Kiss, athletics competitor (1935–2021), followed by Tamás Kiss.
Where is the surname Kiss most common?: Wikidata records people named Kiss in Hungary.
Is the surname Kiss getting more or less common?: More common. 3,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,990 in 2010, up 11%.