Gius

Gius is a surname that appears to be associated with Italy, specifically the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region that was annexed by Italy from Austria-Hungary in 1919. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the native pronunciation of the surname was similar to "juice" and that at least one Americanization of the surname was pronounced "guy&mdash;us".

The Gius surname is shared by several notable people:
 * Julius Gius (1911–1996), an American newspaper editor
 * Nicole Gius (born 1980), an Italian alpine skier
 * Augusto Giustozzi, popularly known as Gius (1927–2001), an Argentine screenwriter, cartoonist, lyricist and playwright.

Distribution
The "Gius" surname has a small presence in both the United States and England based on historical census records. New York City passenger ship manifests from 1880 to 1891 indicate a slow trickle of immigration during the period punctuated by a many-fold spike in 1890. The US Census of 1880 shows a concentration of persons sharing the "Gius" surname in Pennsylvania and South Carolina. The contemporaneous 1891 Census of the United Kingdom shows a concentration of "Gaius" families in the county of Essex on the eastern coast of England. Forty years later, in the US Census of 1920, a dispersal of the surname across fourteen states (including Alaska) had taken place.