Fess

See also: fess and FESS

English

Etymology

From German Fess, a variant of Feese.

Proper noun

Fess (plural Fesses)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fess is the 39212^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Fess is most common among White (95.9%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fess”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 569.

Anagrams

• FSes

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Fess m (definite singular Fessen, indefinite plural Fesser, definite plural Fessene)

1. Alternative letter-case form of fess

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Fess m (definite singular Fessen, indefinite plural Fessar, definite plural Fessane)

1. Alternative letter-case form of fess