# Wass (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wass/  
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 Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,713 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,707 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 180,237 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.4% (1,791 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Norman personal name Wazo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wass 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wass in the United States.

## People named Wass

- Ted Wass, American television director

## Similar surnames

Wess, Wash, Wyss, Wasko, Wachs, Wise, Weiss, Weeks, Waugh, Weis, Wicks, Wiese.

## 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.