The Gauss surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,029 people carried this name — #24,352 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 984 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gauss surname
A surname, most commonly referring to German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855).
From German Gauß, which was then spelt as Gauſs or Gauss in Antiqua.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gauss» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 123 people named Gauss live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Gauss.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Gauss live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Gauss,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelmine Gauss 1808–1840 -
Eugene Gauss 1811–1896 · entrepreneur -
Charles William Gauss 1813–1879 · farmer -
Therese Gauss 1816–1864 -
Hermann Rudolf Gauss 1835–1868 · architect -
Robert Gauss 1851–1913
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gauss.
- Gault 6,360 · U.S. census
- Gaume 192 · U.S. census
- Gaumer 887 · U.S. census
- Gaumond 566 · U.S. census
- Gaumont 171 · U.S. census
- Gauron 109 · U.S. census
- Gauthe 120 · U.S. census
- Gauthier 16,852 · U.S. census
- Gautier 2,505 · U.S. census
- Gautreau 1,595 · U.S. census
- Gauvain 208 · U.S. census
- Gauvin 2,223 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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