Kiss is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kiss
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

Kiss is a variant form of Kuss. Descendant of Kus, a pet form of Marcus, i.e., belonging to Mars, the god of war, and of Dominicus meaning "the Lord's day".

The small man.

How popular is Kiss?

Kiss is common in Hungary, Romania, Russia, United States, Slovakia, Germany, Angola, Austria, Canada, England, Ghana, Australia, Brazil, Czechia, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Spain, Tanzania, Morocco, Egypt, Belgium, Switzerland, Argentina, Sweden, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, France, Italy, Thailand, South Africa.

Kiss is ranked 3114 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kisss grew by 10.8 per cent to 3990 since 2000 and ranked 8305 after elevating 126 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.81 94
Hispanic or Latino 3.58 2.94
Others 1.18 1.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0
Black 0.63 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.13 0
Kiss is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Hungary which signifies its Hungary provenence. Around 181115 people have been found who wears Kiss as their family name. Kiss is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Kiss:
7 Hungary133,268
Countries with ten thousands of Kiss:
165 Romania15,762
Countries with thousands of Kiss:
3,645 Russia5,553
8,232 United States5,106
48 Slovakia3,015
4,417 Germany2,407
1,647 Angola1,972
524 Austria1,804
3,012 Canada1,677
6,395 England1,072
Countries with hundreds of Kiss:
3,309 Ghana970
3,816 Australia962
8,957 Brazil925
3,106 Czechia522
3,947 Belarus409
10,981 Saudi Arabia398
5,848 Kazakhstan392
10,317 Spain342
14,990 Tanzania310
19,480 Morocco307
19,796 Egypt305
6,946 Belgium271
4,640 Switzerland265
14,420 Argentina249
3,650 Sweden210
16,231 Netherlands169
6,358 Papua New Guinea161
65,144 France146
50,566 Italy123
101,799 Thailand118
41,519 South Africa105
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
33,870 Algeria98
174,159 India91
3,722 Ireland90
7,849 Venezuela82
5,585 Kuwait77
10,029 Uzbekistan76
49,911 Poland74
6,384 Congo69
10,016 New Zealand69
10,726 Norway67
73,277 DR Congo62
8,392 Moldova59
4,454 Estonia54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,308 Serbia48
8,706 Portugal47
6,014 Wales45
189,798 Indonesia37
13,908 Denmark35
41,883 Zimbabwe30
20,021 Croatia29
7,700 Azerbaijan27
1,021 Malta24
29,601 Mexico24
14,824 Dominican Republic23
11,829 Scotland23
4,917 Luxembourg21
11,611 Singapore21
20,939 Finland20
14,948 Uruguay19
197,192 Nigeria18
4,484 Transnistria18
181,098 Ukraine18
354 Laos16
4,769 China15
32,433 Kyrgyzstan15
7,751 Northern Ireland13
23,887 Chile13
197,164 Philippines13
26,891 Qatar12
102,971 Malaysia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
17,975 Colombia10
7,297 Armenia9
57,975 Israel9
6,372 Togo9
8,246 Tunisia9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
2,767 Vietnam9
32,693 Peru8
134,647 Turkey8
4,985 Hong Kong7
991 Gibraltar6
48,272 Ivory Coast6
48,838 Japan6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old dressmaker Ann Kiss who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on October 31, 1850 by Lady Franklin put out from Liverpool. John Kiss (Born at sea) Infant, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Jacob Kiss was 24 years old when he migrated to New York on September 6, 1852. He lived in Germany where he worked as farmer and took Emigrant from Bremen. Joh.Michael Kiss, aged 26, 23 years old Edward Kiss, Hendrikus Kiss, aged 35, Wesselte Kiss (25) Weaver, 9 months old Catharine Kiss, 15 years old Catherine Kiss, 14 years old Elisabeth Kiss, 19 years old Jacob Kiss, and 30 other Kiss around 41.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Bremen, Havana, Rotterdam and Havre.

Kiss Namesakes

  • Robert S. Kiss, Democratic politician from West Virginia
  • Mermaid Kiss, English band
  • Antal Kiss, Hungarian athlete
  • Géza Kiss, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
  • Péter Kiss, Hungarian Socialist politician
  • Gergely Kiss, Hungarian water polo player
  • Balázs Kiss, retired Hungarian hammer thrower
  • August Kiss, German sculptor
  • Bob Kiss, Vermont politician and former 39th Mayor of Burlington
  • Bluebottle Kiss, were an Australian guitar-based, indie rock band
  • Elizabeth Kiss, American philosopher and academic administrator
  • Manyi Kiss, Hungarian actress

Kiss Namesakes

  • Robert S. Kiss, Democratic politician from West Virginia
  • Mermaid Kiss, English band
  • Antal Kiss, Hungarian athlete
  • Géza Kiss, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
  • Péter Kiss, Hungarian Socialist politician
  • Gergely Kiss, Hungarian water polo player
  • Balázs Kiss, retired Hungarian hammer thrower
  • August Kiss, German sculptor
  • Bob Kiss, Vermont politician and former 39th Mayor of Burlington
  • Bluebottle Kiss, were an Australian guitar-based, indie rock band
  • Elizabeth Kiss, American philosopher and academic administrator
  • Manyi Kiss, Hungarian actress

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