The surname Gasper
A surname, carried by 4,898 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G216
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,898 people named Gasper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,035 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,685.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6,864 | Scharf | 4,901 | 62,996 |
| #6,865 | Therrien | 4,900 | 63,009 |
| #6,866 | Mingo | 4,899 | 63,022 |
| #6,869 | Gasper | 4,898 | 63,035 |
| #6,870 | Weinberger | 4,897 | 63,048 |
Who is named Gasper
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
81% of people named Gasper identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 81%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.6%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Famous Gaspers
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Chase GasperAmerican soccer player, born 1996
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Gasper has the Soundex code G216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G216.
Questions
- How common is the surname Gasper?
- 4,898 people in the United States had the surname Gasper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,035 Americans. It ranked 6,869th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gasper?
- In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Gasper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Gasper?
- Chase Gasper, American soccer player.
- Where is the surname Gasper most common?
- Wikidata records people named Gasper in the United States.
- Is the surname Gasper getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,898 in 2010, up 4.5%.