# Suess (surname)

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

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,690 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,868 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 182,690 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.2% (1,821 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Suess 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Suess in Cisleithania and the United States.

## People named Suess

- Eduard Suess, Austrian geologist (1831-1914)
- Hans Suess, Austrian physicist (1909-1993)

## Similar surnames

Sessa, Susi, Sosa, Souza, Skaggs, Shook, Sousa, Suggs, Sisk, Sage, Sisco, Sachs.

## 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.