Süß

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Personal characteristic: from adj

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/zyːs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Süß is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 197Kas Suess
  • ATAustria≈1 in 32K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Süß itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,900 named Suess, est.

Sources
267 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SuessLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Suess in US United States, CH Switzerland, EG Egypt and 3 more.

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)

Personal characteristic: from adj. süß 'sweet'; byname for a sweet-natured person or from the adjective itself. Bearer counts mentioned for several spellings.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Süß 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 Süß is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈7,900 est.≈1 in 176K—Suess4
DE Germany#723≈6,700 est.≈1 in 12K—Süß113
US United States—1,690as Suess1 in 197K2.1KSuess267
CH Switzerland#7481,028as Süess1 in 8.2K1KSuess32
EG Egypt—≈410 est.≈1 in 252K—Suess5
AT Austria—≈280 est.≈1 in 32K—Süß31
FI Finland—≈140 est.≈1 in 40K—Suess1
LR Liberia#806≈76 est.≈1 in 67K—Suess1

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 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Suß

  • Spanish name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Suß

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Şüß, Suß

  • Arabic name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Śuß, Suß

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Süß is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from the German adjective süß 'sweet', likely a nickname for a pleasant or mild person

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In German, sweet

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German

  • In German, Charaktername zu mhd. süeʒe/suoʒe, mnd. sōte 'süß, angenehm, freundlich'; teils auch Wohnstätten-/Herkunftsname möglich.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, Übername zu 'süß' für ein sympathisches Wesen; 4767 Tokens.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, deutsch: Übername nach persönlichem Merkmal; »süß« = freundlich/liebenswürdig, auch als Gegenpol zu Sauer. Belegt mit 4767 Trägern.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Maria Vinzenz Süss, b. 1802Wilhelm Süß, b. 1882Reiner Süß, b. 1930Wolfgang Süß, b. 1940Birgit Süß, b. 1962Peter Süß, b. 1964Christoph Süß, b. 1967Christian Süß, b. 1985Stefan Süß, b. 1986Rahel Sophia Süß, b. 1987

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Süß, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Süß
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202416#43,070

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Where does the name Süß come from?
Personal characteristic: from adj. süß 'sweet'; byname for a sweet-natured person or from the adjective itself. Bearer counts mentioned for several spellings. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
What are other forms of the name Süß?
In the etymology graph, Sweet is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Süß?
A machine transcription gives /zyːs/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Süß mean?
Recorded meaning: Personal characteristic: from adj.
In which country does Süß have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.9 thousand people named Suess in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Süß?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,690 people named Suess in 2010, about 1 in 197 thousand residents.
How common is Süß compared with other names?
In Germany, Süß is the 723rd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Süß” — the 723rd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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