Guss Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 5
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 6
Middlesex 4
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 9
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Guss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Guss family

Profession Census Frequency
Carpenter & Joiner 2
Parlour Maid Domestic 1
Stenotype 1
Bricklayer 1
Draper Assistant 1
Waitress 1
Cook Domestic 1
Labourer Chemical 1
Shipwright 1
General Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Guss

Name Census Frequency
Mary Guss 15
William Guss 13
John Guss 7
Thomas Guss 5
Charles Guss 4
Elizabeth Guss 4
George Guss 4
Ann Guss 3
Ellen Guss 3
Florence Guss 3
Henry Guss 3
James Guss 3
Joseph Guss 3
Sarah Guss 3
Annie Guss 2
Arthur Guss 2
Catherine Guss 2
Emily Guss 2
Ernest Guss 2
Henrietta Guss 2
Jane Guss 2
Louisa Guss 2
Lydia Guss 2
Margaret Guss 2
Maria Guss 2

Guss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Goss 75% 18,195
2 Gass 75% 2,777
3 Guess 80% 2,288
4 Agass 60% 680
5 Gess 75% 382
6 Gosse 60% 262
7 Guss 100% 146

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The surname Guss is the 7th most popular variant of Goss.

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