Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
NESS
There are approximately 2,483 people named Ness in the UK. That makes it the 3,804th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 39 are named Ness.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Scotland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Related and similar surnames
KnessKneiss
Kniess
Knese
Kneese
Gness
Gneiss
Gniess
Gnese
Gnass
Gneses
Gnessi
Gneisz
Gneese
Gnesi
Gnesa
Gnesis
Gnase
Knesse
Kneass
Knaess
Kneess
Knesses
Knesz
Knass
The Ness surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
t° NESS. A-Sax. and Danish, ness, Germ, nase, a nose ; also a promontory, as Dengeness in Kent, and tlie Naze in Norway. This occurs as a termination in several names, as Longness, Thickness, Filtness, which may refer to some peculiarity in the noses of the original hearers. More probably, however, they are local.