The Deiss surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 671 people carried this name — #33,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 4% from 701 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
456 people named Deiss live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 381 people named Deiss.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Deiss,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gregor Deiss 1768–1840 · musical instrument maker
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Eugen Deiss 1875–
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Raymond Deiss 1893–1943 · French resistance fighter
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Charles F. Deiss 1903–1959 · geologist
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Lucien Deiss 1921–2007 · composer
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Joseph Deiss 1946– · photographer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Deiss.
- Dehlinger 345 · U.S. census
- Dehon 133 · U.S. census
- Dehut 250 · U.S. census
- Dei 246 · U.S. census
- Deininger 718 · U.S. census
- Deis 879 · U.S. census
- Dejan 138 · U.S. census
- Dejardin 296 · U.S. census
- Dejean 1,978 · U.S. census
- Dejoie 325 · U.S. census
- Dejonghe 231 · U.S. census
- Deken 199 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Deiss is.
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