# Reuss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/reuss/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,309 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,309 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 235,864 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.4% (1,445 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German surname for a cobbler, from the obsolete Middle High German (alt)riusse. Also from the noun Russe (“Russian”). For the river see Reuss below.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Reuss in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Reuss in Germany, Austria, Reuss-Ebersdorf, the Holy Roman Empire and the United States.

## People named Reuss

- Leo Reuss, Austrian-American actor (1891–1946)
- Henry LI, Prince of Reuss-Ebersdorf, (1761-1822)
- Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen, Austrian Field Marshal (1751-1825)
- Heinrich II Reuss-Obergreiz, (1696-1722)
- Henry S. Reuss, American politician (1912-2002)
- August Emanuel von Reuss, Austrian geologist and palaeontologist (1811–1873)
- Heinrich XXIV., (1681-1748)

## Similar surnames

Russo, Russ, Rees, Reis, Reiss, Riess, Rus, Resh, Reyes, Ruiz, Ross, Rose.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.