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

The Preuss surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,342 people carried this name — #12,197 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 114,900 people counted.

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In Poland’s population register

547 people named Preuss have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 656 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 190
Warmian-Masurian 106
Greater Poland 91
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 55
West Pomeranian 25
Lubusz 22
Silesian 20
Lower Silesian 19

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

145 people named Preuss live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 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

Zurich 57
Aargau 12
Bern 12
Lucerne 10
St. Gallen 9
Solothurn 7
Graubünden 5
Fribourg 5

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 65 people named Preuss.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Nord.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Nord 16
Paris 8
Moselle 6
Bas-Rhin 2
Pas-de-Calais 1
Morbihan 1
Aube 1
Yvelines 1

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

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