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

The Gass surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,850 people carried this name — #4,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,400 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

616 people named Gass live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

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Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 239
Zurich 89
Bern 61
Aargau 56
Basel-Stadt 56
Solothurn 26
Vaud 23
Thurgau 15

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 562 people named Gass.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Bas-Rhin 312
Haut-Rhin 32
Marne 29
Paris 29
Yvelines 23
Moselle 20
Territoire de Belfort 16
Meuse 13

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

In Poland’s population register

85 people named Gass have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 109 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

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

Where they live today

Masovian 43
Podlaskie 15
Lower Silesian 7
Silesian 6
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 5
Lesser Poland 5
Łódź 2
West Pomeranian 2

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

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