Mauss
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈmɔs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mauss is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: variant spelling of Maus.
- DEGermany≈1 in 171K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 696K
- BZBelize≈1 in 66K
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 Mauss 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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 155 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 66K (inferred from the name graph)
478 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Belize, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Mauß in 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(measured from records)
variant spelling of Maus.
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mauss 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 478 | 1 in 696K | 478 | Mauss | 155 |
| DE Germany | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 171K | — | Mauss | 69 |
| BR Brazil | 213 | 1 in 994K | 213 | — | — |
| FR France | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 505K | 14 | — | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈74 est. | ≈1 in 67K | — | Mauss | 3 |
| AT Austria | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 259K | — | Mauß | 9 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 264K | — | Mauss | 1 |
| BZ Belize | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Mauss | 1 |
478 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Józef Maussb. 1778UA(1774-1856)
- Anton Maussb. 1868DEGerman priest, theologian and journalist (1868-1917)
- Marcel Maussb. 1872FRFrench sociologist and anthropologist (1872-1950)
- Karl Maussb. 1898DEGerman World War II general; dentist (1898-1959)
- Armand Maussb. 1928USAmerican sociologist
- Werner Maussb. 1940DEGerman private investigator, police consultant
- Fabrice Maussb. 1978FRFrench singer-songwriter
- Moritz Maussb. 2007DEGerman cyclist
- Jacques MaussNLPh.D. Universiteit Utrecht 1970
- Iris MaussUSGerman American social psychologist
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 13 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 478 | #44,872 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 475 | #48,050 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 440 | #45,735 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 213 | #34,903 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 18 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 15 | — |
Reference works 4
- 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)
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 Mauss mean, and where does it come from?
- variant spelling of Maus. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Mauss?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmɔs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Mauss have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 478 people named Mauss, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mauss.
- How common is the name Mauss?
- In the United States, the national register counted 478 people named Mauss in 2010, about 1 in 696 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/maussThe 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, “Mauss”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.