The Strauss surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,840 people carried this name — #2,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 13,719 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
641 people named Strauss live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 417 people named Strauss.
77 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 322 people named Strauss 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 Poland’s population register
179 people named Strauss have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 303 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Strauss 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 Antwerp.
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 the Nordic population registers
204 people named Strauss is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Strauss in American newspapers,
1850–1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 252,011 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Strauss,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss 1807–1887 · writer -
Joseph Strauss 1861–1948 · admiral -
Léon Strauss 1927–2026 · historian -
Michael Strauss 1934–2020 · businessperson -
Ludwig G. Strauss 1949–2013 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 329 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Strauss.
- Stoufflet 137 · U.S. census
- Strack 3,209 · U.S. census
- Strassel 197 · U.S. census
- Strasser 4,196 · U.S. census
- Straub 9,624 · U.S. census
- Strauch 2,522 · U.S. census
- Strebler 163 · U.S. census
- Street 19,866 · U.S. census
- Strehl 502 · U.S. census
- Streicher 1,443 · U.S. census
- Streiff 907 · U.S. census
- Streit 3,067 · U.S. census
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