# Voss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/voss/  
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 | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,911 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,719 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,765 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (20,291 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /vɔs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Surname sense probably from Low German Voss, Voß (“fox”). Doublet of Fuchs and Fohs.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Voss 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Voss in the United States and Weimar Republic.

## People named Voss

- Janice E. Voss, American engineer and NASA astronaut (1956-2012)
- James S. Voss, American astronaut
- Zoe Voss, American pornographic actress
- Andreas Voss, botanist (1857-1924)
- Carl Voss, American ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

Vos, Vass, Vess, Vose, Vega, Vick, Vaca, Vice, Veach, Vyas, Vecchio, Vacca.

## 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.