How common is the surname Ganser?

1,043 people in the United States had the surname Ganser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. It ranked 24,124th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ganser?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ganser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ganser getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,043 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Ganser

A surname, carried by 1,043 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ganser is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

From the German surname for a breeder of geese, from Gans (“goose”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,043 people named Ganser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

#24,124

rank among US surnames

1,043

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #22,143)

Who is named Ganser

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Ganser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ganser

Gonser

Ganser has the Soundex code G526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G526.

Questions

Where does the surname Ganser come from?: From the German surname for a breeder of geese, from Gans (“goose”).
How common is the surname Ganser?: 1,043 people in the United States had the surname Ganser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. It ranked 24,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ganser?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ganser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ganser getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,043 in 2010, down 4.2%.