How common is the surname Liss?

3,472 people in the United States had the surname Liss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. It ranked 9,368th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Liss?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Liss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Liss?

Johann Liss, Baroque painter (1597–1630), followed by David Liss.

Where is the surname Liss most common?

Wikidata records people named Liss in Germany and the United States.

Is the surname Liss getting more or less common?

More common. 3,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,472 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Liss

A German surname, carried by 3,472 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Liss is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,472 people named Liss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,390.

#9,368

rank among US surnames

3,472

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,879)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,361	Mundt	3,475	88,848
#9,365	Callison	3,474	88,873
#9,366	Wear	3,473	88,899
#9,368	Liss	3,472	88,924
#9,373	Recker	3,471	88,950
#9,375	Canaday	3,470	88,976

Who is named Liss

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

95% of people named Liss identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lisss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johann Liss
Baroque painter (1597–1630)
David Liss
American novelist, born 1966

Notable Lisss come mostly from Germany (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Liss

Liss has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Liss come from?: A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.
How common is the surname Liss?: 3,472 people in the United States had the surname Liss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. It ranked 9,368th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Liss?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Liss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Liss?: Johann Liss, Baroque painter (1597–1630), followed by David Liss.
Where is the surname Liss most common?: Wikidata records people named Liss in Germany and the United States.
Is the surname Liss getting more or less common?: More common. 3,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,472 in 2010, up 2.4%.