Geiss
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Geiss is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- THThailand≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 277K
- DEGermany≈1 in 30Kas Geiß
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 Geiss 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)
- Sources
- 237 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 38K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,700 named Geiß, est.
Highest-authority source
Congo - Kinshasa, 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)
Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Geiss 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 | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 30K | listed | Geiss | 117 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Geiss | 1 |
| TH Thailand | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Geiss | 1 |
| US United States | 1,202 | 1 in 277K | 1.3K | Geiss | 237 |
| FR France | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 177K | 29 | — | 3 |
| AT Austria | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Geiss | 10 |
| IE Ireland | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 150K | — | Geiss | 4 |
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; the dfa-band-6 register; 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)
Geiss is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Schreibvarianten mit -ss/-ß im Auslaut nach Vokal; Karte zeigt Dentale: Affrikaten und Frikative. 676/1694 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Familienname aus dem Tiernamen „Geiß“; persönliche Charakterisierung, wohl spöttisch/vergleichend wie eine Ziege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In sga, third-person singular present subjunctive absolute of guidid
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gsw, goat
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)
- Anton Geissb. 1858DEGerman politician (1858-1944)
- Bill Geissb. 1858USAmerican baseball player
- Emil Geissb. 1867USMajor League Baseball player (1867-1911)
- Tony Geissb. 1924USAmerican producer, screenwriter, songwriter and author (1926-2011)
- Johannes Geissb. 1926CHGerman geophysicist
- Imanuel Geissb. 1931DEGerman historian (1931–2012)
- James Geissb. 1950USAmerican historian (1950–2000)
- Robert Geissb. 1964DEGerman entrepreneur and television actor
- Andreas Geissb. 1964USactor from Germany
- Erika Geissb. 1970USAmerican politician
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 17 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #21,086 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,124 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,672 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 67 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 62 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 61 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 52 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 51 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 45 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 41 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 41 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 35 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- What does the name Geiss mean, and where does it come from?
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Geiss have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Geiß in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Geiss?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,202 people named Geiss in 2010, about 1 in 277 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Geiss?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/geissThe 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, “Geiss”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.