Suß

surname · Latin script

Suß is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany 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 Suß 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,700 people, est.

Record sources
267 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: 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)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Suess in US United States, CH Switzerland, IT Italy and 3 more and Süß in DE Germany, AT Austria.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Suß 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 Suß is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
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
IT Italy—≈350 est.≈1 in 181K—Suess3
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)

Suß is also recorded as 3 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 Süß

  • Spanish name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Süß

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Süß

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)

1 register or reference work attests this spelling, across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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

In which country does Suß have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.7 thousand people named Suß in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled süß.
How common is the name Suß?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,690 people named Suess in 2010, about 1 in 197 thousand residents.
How common is Suß compared with other names?
In Germany, Suß 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, “Suß” — the 723rd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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