Floß

loc · Latin script

Meaning: raft

Floß is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 140K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 973Kas Floss
  • ATAustria≈1 in 181Kas Floss

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Floß itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

612 named Floss

Sources
153 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 140K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FlossLatin(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Floss in US United States, GB United Kingdom, IT Italy and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

raft

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Floß counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Floß is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil612as Floss1 in 346K612——
DE Germany≈570 est.≈1 in 140KlistedFloß65
US United States342as Floss1 in 973K345Floss153
IT Italy≈82 est.≈1 in 761K—Floss2
GB United Kingdom≈72 est.≈1 in 910KlistedFloss38
AT Austria≈49 est.≈1 in 181K—Floss13
BE Belgium25as Floss1 in 469K25Floss5
CH Switzerland21as Flöss1 in 400K21Floss4

612 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dfa-band-5 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Floß is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Flöß

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Floß is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Wohnstättenname oder Berufsname zu 'Floß'; im Zusammenhang mit mnd. vlote.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, Berufsname: Fuhrleute/Schiffer/Flößer; 355+152 Bearer.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Floß
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244#118,617
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Floß mean, and where does it come from?
raft Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Floß have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 612 people named Floss, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Floß?
In Brazil, the national register counted 612 people named Floss, about 1 in 346 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Floß”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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