Gauss
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡaʊs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gauss is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 69K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 323K
- ATAustria≈1 in 125K
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
- 221 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 69K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
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)
The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Gauss is read(measured from records)
Gauss is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English65%
The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Carl Friedrich, German
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
mathematician
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- German15%
Schreibvarianten mit -ss/-ß im Auslaut nach Vokal; Karte zeigt Dentale: Affrikaten und Frikative. 376/625 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
n-Schwund-Form; Schreibvariante zu Gaus.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
- Spanish6.3%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Gauss in Spanish.
- French5.6%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Gauss in French.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gauss 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 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 69K | — | Gauss | 92 |
| US United States | 1,029 | 1 in 323K | 1K | Gauss | 221 |
| IT Italy | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 302K | — | Gauss | 5 |
| FR France | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 346K | 25 | — | 1 |
| BR Brazil | 165 | 1 in 1.3M | 165 | — | 2 |
| AT Austria | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 125K | — | Gauss | 22 |
| CH Switzerland | 37 | 1 in 227K | 37 | Gauss | 15 |
| IE Ireland | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 250K | — | Gauss | 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gauss is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pdt, street, road, avenue
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Carl Friedrich Gaußb. 1777DEnot in their usual nameGerman mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
- Wilhelmine Gaussb. 1808DEdaughter of Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Eugene Gaussb. 1811DEGerman-American entrepreneur and banker (1811-1896)
- Therese Gaussb. 1816DE9 Jun 1816 - 11 Feb 1864
- Hermann Rudolf Gaussb. 1835CH(1835-1868)
- Clarence E. Gaussb. 1887USAmerican diplomat
- Walter Gaussb. 1926ATAustrian judoka
- Harry Gaussb. 1952DESoccer manager and businessman (1952–2009)
- Karl-Markus Gaußb. 1954ATnot in their usual nameAustrian writer
- Jürgen Gaußb. 1960DEnot in their usual nameGerman chemist
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,352 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1K | #25,766 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 984 | #23,940 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 165 | #42,967 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 37 | #23,367 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 37 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 26 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 25 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 17 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Gauss mean, and where does it come from?
- The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Gauss?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡaʊs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gauss have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Gauss in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gauss.
- How common is the name Gauss?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,029 people named Gauss in 2010, about 1 in 323 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/gaussThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gauss”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.