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The surname Nuss

A surname, carried by 3,765 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N200

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nuss is more common than 94.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,765 people named Nuss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,004 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,723.

#8,714
rank among US surnames
3,765
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+1.1%
change since 2000 (was #8,202)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,711Gish3,76881,939
#8,712Kuang3,76781,961
#8,713Neiman3,76681,982
#8,714Nuss3,76582,004

Who is named Nuss

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

96% of people named Nuss identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nuss

Nuss has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Questions

How common is the surname Nuss?
3,765 people in the United States had the surname Nuss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,004 Americans. It ranked 8,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nuss?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Nuss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nuss getting more or less common?
More common. 3,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,765 in 2010, up 1.1%.