Daus

surname · Latin script

Meaning: deuce, the number two in German games

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈdɔz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Daus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 62K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 451K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 22K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
185 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

deuce, the number two in German games

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Daus 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 Daus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,800 est.≈1 in 62K—Daus33
MY Malaysia≈1,500 est.≈1 in 22K—Daus19
US United States7381 in 451K820Daus185
YE Yemen≈240 est.≈1 in 123K—Daus1
EG Egypt≈230 est.≈1 in 459K—Daus4
HR Croatia441 in 96K44——
NO Norway421 in 130K42—2

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; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)

Daus is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: German, English

    Also written Daeus, Däus

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Dâûš

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dăuș

  • Vietnamese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Vietnam, United States

    Also written Dâu'S

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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)

Daus is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Icelandic, the side of a die with two pips (in dice games, especially backgammon); deuce

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In acn, to be tired, exhausted

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In mww, snow

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

1850190019502000Anna Daus, b. 1879Franz Daus, b. 1896Rino Daus, b. 1900Federico Alberto Daus, b. 1901Avraham Daus, b. 1902Ilse Daus, b. 1911Ronald Daus, b. 1943Joshard Daus, b. 1947Nancy Benoit, b. 1964

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Daus,
InformalHi Daus,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Daus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020820#30,500
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010738#31,383
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000630#34,071
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202144#14,483
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—42#28,955
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202132—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Daus mean, and where does it come from?
deuce, the number two in German games Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Daus?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdɔz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Daus have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Daus in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled daus.
How common is the name Daus?
In the United States, the national register counted 738 people named Daus in 2010, about 1 in 451 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, “Daus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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