The Kiss surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,990 people carried this name — #8,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 11% from 3,601 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
711 people named Kiss live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 208 people named Kiss.
Most of them — 111 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Paris.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 166 people named Kiss 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 92 people named Kiss 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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
67 people named Kiss have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 193 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 Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
273 people named Kiss are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Kiss in American newspapers,
1890–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,343,339 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kiss,
with a public archive behind them.
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József Kiss 1748–1813 · military engineer -
János Kis 1770–1846 · writer -
Károly Kiss 1793–1866 · writer -
Ernő Kiss 1799–1849 · military officer -
August Kiss 1802–1865 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 197 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kiss.
- Kirsch 8,764 · U.S. census
- Kirscher 168 · U.S. census
- Kirschner 4,517 · U.S. census
- Kirtz 542 · U.S. census
- Kis 358 · U.S. census
- Kisler 336 · U.S. census
- Kissel 4,756 · U.S. census
- Kissi 251 · U.S. census
- Kister 668 · U.S. census
- Kistler 6,742 · U.S. census
- Kistner 2,701 · U.S. census
- Kita 813 · U.S. census
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