Kass
Kass is a surname. It originated in several different ways, including as a nickname in former eastern territories of Germany from the Czech word , from the given name Gazo, as an Ashkenazi Jewish surname from the given name Casriel, and possibly as an Americanized spelling of Káš or Kaše. The 2010 United States census found 3,796 people with the surname Kass, making it the 8,655th-most-common surname in the country, compared to 3,523 people in the 2000 census. In both US censuses, more than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white.
People with the surname include:
- Amalie Kass, American historian
- Amy Kass, American humanities scholar
- Carmen Kass, Estonian model
- Danny Kass, American snowboarder
- Deborah Kass, American painter
- James R. Kass, Canadian physicist
- János Kass, Hungarian illustrator
- Jerome Kass, American screenwriter and author
- Johannes Kass, Estonian politician
- John Kass, American journalist
- Leon Kass, American bioethicist
- Leonhard Kass, Estonian footballer
- Peter Kass, American acting teacher and director
- Pnina Moed Kass, Belgian writer
- Ras Kass, American rapper
- Raye Kass, Canadian social scientist
- Rob Kass, American statistician
- Robin Kåss, Norwegian medical doctor and politician
- Ron Kass, American businessman, recording executive, and film producer
- Sam Kass, American chef
