Wyss is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wyss
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wyss

How popular is Wyss?

Wyss is common in United States.

Wyss is ranked 31132 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wyss bearers increased by 2.088392 per cent in 2010 US census to 2102 since 2000, the surname slipped by 721 spots and ranked at 14257. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.15 96.36
Hispanic or Latino 3 2.04
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.73
Others 0.57 0.49
Wyss is quite popular family name mostly used in Switzerland while Liechtenstein is ahead in terms of density. Around 16128 people have been found who wears Wyss as their family name. Wyss is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,235 Costa Rica7
8,438 China5
720,003 Russia4
19,452 Malaysia3
147,165 Czech Republic2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
24,269 Peru2
3,014 Taiwan2
65,594 Belgium2
21,529 Singapore2
31,767 Greece2
24,771 Colombia1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
53,033 Nigeria1
25,746 Finland1
9,116 Nicaragua1
47,891 Norway1
5,872 Namibia1
5,924 Paraguay1
3,307 Malta1
4,171 Rwanda1
38,841 Scotland1
17,768 Pakistan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
4,435 Togo1
6,212 Jamaica1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
37,779 Serbia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
72 Liechtenstein44
18,889 New Zealand26
3,873 Thailand24
42,407 Sweden22
62,494 Netherlands22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,374 Chile99
85,668 Italy56
41,230 Spain52
Countries with hundreds of Wyss:
2,007 Guatemala677
18,206 Germany572
19,326 France502
18,059 Argentina299
39,199 Philippines258
23,671 England210
5,909 Austria210
17,168 Australia152
35,546 South Africa146
24,192 Canada144
64,630 Brazil143
23,602 Mexico131
Countries with thousands of Wyss:
23 Switzerland9,516
12,637 United States2,772
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Johanne Wyss worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 20 years old embarked for New York from Havre on France and arrived on November 3, 1882.

Comments

E
Erik Saenger
wyss Alsace-Lorraine is a family name, representing a dialectal form of weiss means white and is applied to a white-haired man.

Wyss Namesakes

    Danilo Wyss, Swiss professional cyclist
  • Abella Wyss, Film actress
  • Amanda Wyss, Film actress
  • Franz Anatol Wyss, Artist
  • Johann David Wyss, Author
  • Marcel Wyss, Cyclist
  • Brigit Wyss, Politician
  • Danilo Wyss, Cyclist
  • Amanda Wyss, Film actress
  • Catharine Merle Wyss, Mathematician
  • Tony Wyss-Coray, Author
  • Nina Wyss, from 2015 adventure, family flick Code M, who portrayed Isabel.

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