Käss Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Käss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 298 | 1:270,153 | 28,656 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Käss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Käss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Käss is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Käss click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Käss? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 814,680th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. The surname Käss occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Käss live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 270,153. In Germany Käss is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 59 percent reside, Bavaria, where 20 percent reside and Hesse, where 9 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 7 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Käs | 86 | 905 | / |
| Kiss | 75 | 181,099 | / |
| Kess | 75 | 6,286 | / |
| Kyss | 75 | 84 | / |
| Kjss | 75 | 82 | / |
| Köss | 75 | 53 | / |
| Käsz | 75 | 53 | / |
| Käst | 75 | 52 | / |
| Kõss | 75 | 38 | / |
| Kähs | 75 | 36 | / |
| Kíss | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kässová | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kesse | 67 | 17,638 | / |
| Kaiss | 67 | 1,989 | / |
| Kiess | 67 | 1,352 | / |
| Khess | 67 | 1,101 | / |
| Kisse | 67 | 841 | / |
| Keiss | 67 | 839 | / |
| Kaess | 67 | 437 | / |
| Keuss | 67 | 222 | / |
| Keess | 67 | 83 | / |
| Kissh | 67 | 73 | / |
| Koiss | 67 | 51 | / |
| Kayss | 67 | 45 | / |
| Käsch | 67 | 39 | / |
| Kysse | 67 | 32 | / |
| Koess | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kajss | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kioss | 67 | 4 | / |
| Keass | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kihss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kessz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ckess | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kessd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kissň | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kishs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kejss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keshs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keyss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuiss | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Käss
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