Fuss surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Fuss surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,618 people carried this name — #17,432 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is down 10% from 1,789 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 422 people named Fuss.

27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Moselle 185
Bas-Rhin 135
Meurthe-et-Moselle 23
Seine-Maritime 13
Haut-Rhin 11
Paris 7
Yvelines 4
Haute-Savoie 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

212 people named Fuss live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 98
Zurich 32
Solothurn 20
Aargau 14
Geneva 10
Thurgau 10
Basel-Landschaft 7
Vaud 7

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 Poland’s population register

190 people named Fuss have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 249 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 41
Łódź 37
Lower Silesian 28
Lesser Poland 17
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 16
Masovian 16
Greater Poland 11
Subcarpathian 10

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 21 people named Fuss live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 11
Liège 10

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

25 people named Fuss is counted in Finland.

Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 25

Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Fuss in American newspapers,
1894–1912.

Newspaper page from Hattiesburg Daily Progress carrying the name Fuss
Hattiesburg Daily Progress 1902-12-10
Newspaper page from St. Tammany Farmer carrying the name Fuss
St. Tammany Farmer 1912-12-14
Newspaper page from Wisconsin Vorwärts carrying the name Fuss
Wisconsin Vorwärts 1894-04-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Fuss,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolas Fuss
    Nicolas Fuss 1755–1826 · astronomer
  • Nicolas Fuss
    Nicolas Fuss 1755–1826 · astronomer
  • Paul Heinrich Fuss
    Paul Heinrich Fuss 1797–1855 · physicist
  • Paul Heinrich Fuss
    Paul Heinrich Fuss 1798–1855 · physicist
  • Michael Fuss 1814–1883 · theologian
  • Michael Fuss 1816–1883 · theologian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Fuss.

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