The Giess surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 156 people carried this name — #105,905 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
98 people named Giess live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 96 people named Giess.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Giess.
- Gibson 184,420 · U.S. census
- Gidel 129 · U.S. census
- Giel 461 · U.S. census
- Gielen 101 · U.S. census
- Gier 1,479 · U.S. census
- Gies 1,901 · U.S. census
- Gigandet 183 · U.S. census
- Gigante 1,022 · U.S. census
- Giger 1,107 · U.S. census
- Gigli 203 · U.S. census
- Giglio 4,632 · U.S. census
- Gigliotti 3,345 · U.S. census
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