Thoß

surname · Latin script

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 63K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.3Mas Thoss
  • LRLiberia≈1 in 284Kas Thoss

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 Thoß 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)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
88 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 63K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ThossLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Thoss in US United States, CA Canada, CH Switzerland 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

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

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Thoß 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 Thoß is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,300 est.≈1 in 63K—Thoß88
US United States142as Thoss1 in 2.3M151Thoss84
AR Argentina44as Thoss1 in 1M44—1
CA Canada≈35 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Thoss17
CH Switzerland29as Thoss1 in 290K29Thoss6
LR Liberia≈18 est.≈1 in 284K—Thoss1
AT Austria≈15 est.≈1 in 593K—Thoss7
IE Ireland≈9 est.≈1 in 545K—Thoss1

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 2000; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); 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)

Thoß is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Thöß

6 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940195019601970Bruno Thoß, b. 1945Ulrich Thoß, b. 1953Hendrik Thoß, b. 1969
  • Bruno Thoßb. 1945DEGerman military historian, historian of modern age and author
  • Ulrich Thoßb. 1953DEGerman association football player
  • Hendrik Thoßb. 1969DEGerman historian of modern age

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 3 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • 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

In which country does Thoß have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Thoß in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled thoß.
How common is the name Thoß?
In the United States, the national register counted 142 people named Thoss in 2010, about 1 in 2.3 million residents.

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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, “Thoß”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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