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    The surname Kuss

    A surname, carried by 1,700 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K200

    Kuss: #16,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kuss #16,798, 1,700 people Kuss: #16,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kuss #16,798, 1,700 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuss is more common than 89.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,700 people named Kuss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,615 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,603.

    #16,798
    rank among US surnames
    1,700
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,502)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,789Piggott1,701181,508
    #16,798Kuss1,700181,615
    #16,802Legler1,699181,722

    Who is named Kuss

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

    87% of people named Kuss identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kusss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sepp Kuss
      American road cyclist, born 1994

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kuss

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kuss?
    1,700 people in the United States had the surname Kuss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,615 Americans. It ranked 16,798th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kuss?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Kuss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kuss?
    Sepp Kuss, American road cyclist.
    Where is the surname Kuss most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kuss in the United States.
    Is the surname Kuss getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,700 in 2010, up 6.1%.