Kašs

surname · Latin script

Kašs is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Possibly an Americanized form of Czech Kas (see Kasa) or German Kase.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 40K
  • DMDominica1 in 74K

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.

United States (measured from records)

3,796 people, 2010

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kass in US United States.

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)

Possibly an Americanized form of Czech Kas (see Kasa) or German Kase.

Sources 3

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kašs 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.

Where Kašs is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3,7961 in 88K3.8KKass6
PL Poland4981 in 77K251——
FI Finland1401 in 40K140——
LV Latvia≈71 est.≈1 in 26K—Kašs11
SE Sweden431 in 237K43—1
DM Dominica11 in 74K1——

3,796 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kašs is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Kass

  • Estonian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Estonia, Finland, Sweden

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Kass, Käss, Kašš

  • Polish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Kass, Kaśś

  • English surname35 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Hindi

    Also written Kass, Kaess, Käß, Kaß, Käss

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Kašs under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kašs mean, and where does it come from?
Possibly an Americanized form of Czech Kas (see Kasa) or German Kase. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Digital Pāḷi Dictionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Kašs have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 3.8 thousand people named Kašs, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kass.
How common is the name Kašs?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,796 people named Kašs in 2010, about 1 in 88 thousand residents.

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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, “Kašs”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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