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The Nass surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,060 people carried this name — #14,489 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 15% from 1,790 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 286 people named Nass 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 map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 127
Buenos Aires Province 93
Misiones 54
Córdoba 12

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 182 people named Nass.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Haut-Rhin 119
Territoire de Belfort 16
Paris 15
Bas-Rhin 13
Moselle 5
Val-de-Marne 1
Hauts-de-Seine 1
Saône-et-Loire 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

65 people named Nass have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 117 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

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

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 42
Silesian 16
Lower Silesian 3
Warmian-Masurian 2
West Pomeranian 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Nass live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

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

Where they live today

Lucerne 6
Vaud 5
Bern 4
Solothurn 4
Aargau 3
Graubünden 3
Thurgau 3
Zurich 3

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

Nass in American newspapers,
1914–1918.

Newspaper page from New Ulm Post carrying the name Nass
New Ulm Post 1916-03-17
Newspaper page from Der Nordstern carrying the name Nass
Der Nordstern 1918-05-02
Newspaper page from Detroiter Abend-post carrying the name Nass
Detroiter Abend-post 1914-12-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 84,287 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Nass,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Heinrich Nass 1650–1698 · expert pharmacist
  • Nina Nass 1856–1943
  • Jenny Ullmann 1858–1940
  • Adolf Nass 1858–1942
  • Abraham Nass 1870–1943
  • Josef Nass 1870–1940

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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