The surname Gascoigne
A French place surname, carried by 558 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɡæskɔɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex G225
Origin
French origin
Inherited from Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman Gascoigne, from Late Latin Wascōnia, from Wascōnēs, modification of Classical Latin Vasconēs (“Basques, Gascons”), from Ancient Greek Οὐάσκωνες (Ouáskōnes). Compare Gascon and Gascony.
Gascoigne is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 558 people named Gascoigne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 529.
Who is named Gascoigne
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Gascoigne identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Famous Gascoignes
2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- George Gascoigne16th-century English poet and courtier, 1525–1577
- Ben GascoigneAustralian optical astronomer (1915–2010)
Notable Gascoignes come mostly from the Kingdom of England (1) and Australia (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Gascoine
- Gascoyne
Gascoigne has the Soundex code G225, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G225.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Gascoigne come from?
- Inherited from Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman Gascoigne, from Late Latin Wascōnia, from Wascōnēs, modification of Classical Latin Vasconēs (“Basques, Gascons”), from Ancient Greek Οὐάσκωνες (Ouáskōnes). Compare Gascon and Gascony.
- How common is the surname Gascoigne?
- 558 people in the United States had the surname Gascoigne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. It ranked 39,419th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gascoigne?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gascoigne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Gascoigne?
- George Gascoigne, 16th-century English poet and courtier, followed by Ben Gascoigne.
- Where is the surname Gascoigne most common?
- Wikidata records people named Gascoigne in the Kingdom of England and Australia.
- How do you pronounce Gascoigne?
- Gascoigne is /ˈɡæskɔɪn/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Gascoigne?
- Gascoigne is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Gascoigne getting more or less common?
- More common. 529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 558 in 2010, up 5.5%.
- What are other spellings of Gascoigne?
- Gascoine and Gascoyne.