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

The Liss surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,390 people carried this name — #8,879 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

568 people named Liss have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 678 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 Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 379
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 56
Lower Silesian 34
Greater Poland 22
Silesian 16
Masovian 15
Warmian-Masurian 14
West Pomeranian 13

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 97 people named Liss.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Haut-Rhin 30
Paris 15
Bas-Rhin 12
Nord 8
Pas-de-Calais 8
Moselle 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Seine-Maritime 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

24 people named Liss live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.

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

Where they live today

Thurgau 6
Lucerne 5
St. Gallen 5
Zug 4
Zurich 4

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.

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