# Gaskin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gaskin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,039 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,987 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,862 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (6,754 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Gascon.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gaskin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gaskin in the United States.

## People named Gaskin

- Ina May Gaskin, American midwife (*1940)
- Victor Gaskin, American bassist (1934-2012)

## Similar surnames

Gascon, Gagne, Gaughan, Goggin, Gahagan, Gosney, Goguen, Goswami, Giesen, Gagen, Gogan, Ghassemi.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.