The Loss surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,182 people carried this name — #21,960 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is down 23% from 1,533 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 154 people named Loss 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.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Loss.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Isère.
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
59 people named Loss live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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.
In print
Loss in American newspapers,
1852–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,650,591 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Loss,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joe Loss 1909–1990 · conductor -
Daniel Loss 1958– · physicist -
Osmar Loss Vieira 1975– · association football coach -
Martina Loss 1975– · politician -
Madlen Loß 2003– · luger -
Johann Loss 1585–1612
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 20 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Loss.
When the index is not enough
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