Naß Surname

191,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Naß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Naß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,1991:36,6104,853
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Naß Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Naß Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Naß is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Naß? popularity and diffusion

The surname Naß is the 191,204th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,305,009 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Naß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 2,199 people, or 1 in 36,610. In Germany Naß is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 10 percent live and Berlin, where 8 percent live. Outside of Germany Naß occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnaß86207/
Nauß86129/
Naaß8679/
Naße868/
Naiß861/
Naz67293,759/
Nas6738,017/
Noß67753/
Naç67319/
Nax67278/
Naš675/
Naş674/
Nač671/

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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 Naß
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