Deiss
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Deiss is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Schreibvarianten mit -ss/-ß im Auslaut nach Vokal; Karte zeigt Dentale: Affrikaten und Frikative.
- DEGermany≈1 in 83K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 496K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 19K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 177 (measured from records)
- 1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
≈960 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Schreibvarianten mit -ss/-ß im Auslaut nach Vokal; Karte zeigt Dentale: Affrikaten und Frikative. 326/457 Träger.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Where in the world(measured from records)
Deiss counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈960 est. | ≈1 in 83K | — | Deiss | 88 |
| FR France | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 100K | 98 | — | 3 |
| US United States | 671 | 1 in 496K | 701 | Deiss | 177 |
| CH Switzerland | 445 | 1 in 19K | 445 | Deiss | 30 |
| EG Egypt | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 721K | — | Deiss | 1 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 254K | — | Deiss | 2 |
| IE Ireland | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 333K | — | Deiss | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gregor Deissb. 17681768-1840; Dt. Klavierbauer
- Charles F. Deissb. 1903geologist
- Lucien Deissb. 1921FRFrench composer (1921–2007)
- Joseph Deissb. 1946CHSwiss economist, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- Gerhard Deissb. 1950ATAustrian jurist
- Matthias Deißb. 1978DEnot in their usual nameGerman TV journalist and author
- Paul Deißb. 2002DEnot in their usual nameGerman diver
- Frédérique DeissUSresearcher
- Isabela DeissBRHerpetologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Deiss mean?
- Recorded meaning: Schreibvarianten mit -ss/-ß im Auslaut nach Vokal; Karte zeigt Dentale: Affrikaten und Frikative.
- In which country does Deiss have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 960 people named Deiss in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled deiss.
- Where is Deiss most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Deiss is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 19 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Deiss?
- In the United States, the national register counted 671 people named Deiss in 2010, about 1 in 496 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/deissThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Deiss”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.