Gauss is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gauss
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gauss

How popular is Gauss?

Gauss is common in United States.

Gauss is ranked 66075 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gauss bearers increased by 4.573171 per cent in 2010 US census to 1029 since 2000, the surname slipped by 412 spots and ranked at 24352. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.32 94
Black 4.76 3.66
Hispanic or Latino 1.26 0
Others 0.87 0.91
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.71
Gauss is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 6875 people have been found who wears Gauss as their family name. Gauss is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
121,340 Spain4
67,494 South Africa3
20,541 Peru3
7,683 Latvia3
54,641 Sweden2
95,312 Argentina2
5,671 Guatemala2
17,547 Colombia2
42,479 Greece1
11,486 Estonia1
53,033 Nigeria1
15,705 Cameroon1
12,741 Ecuador1
47,891 Norway1
49,101 Denmark1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,110 Bosnia1
56,169 Mexico1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
38,841 Scotland1
12,745 Luxembourg1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
3,586 Honduras1
279,271 Australia1
50,549 Georgia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
119,358 Ukraine32
308,934 Indonesia18
155,219 England16
536,142 India13
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,684 Switzerland90
85,668 Italy56
58,064 Canada52
Countries with hundreds of Gauss:
15,436 Brazil859
3,654 Austria314
47,815 Russia298
37,175 France269
1,368 Taiwan232
Countries with thousands of Gauss:
2,713 Germany3,161
22,438 United States1,401
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Gauss Namesakes

  • Allain Gaussin, Composer
  • Beate Gauss, Olympic athlete
  • Beto Gauss, Film producer
  • Beate Gauss, Olympic athlete
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician
  • Geoffroy Gaussen, Actor
  • Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician

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