How common is the surname Gass?

6,818 people in the United States had the surname Gass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,284 Americans. It ranked 5,133rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gass?

Kyle Gass, American singer and musician (born 1960), followed by William H. Gass.

Where is the surname Gass most common?

Wikidata records people named Gass in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Gass getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,818 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Gass

A German surname, carried by 6,818 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gass is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Gass.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,818 people named Gass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,284 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,850.

#5,133

rank among US surnames

6,818

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,736)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,124	Hughey	6,830	45,204
#5,125	Totten	6,828	45,218
#5,127	Lien	6,827	45,224
#5,128	Nelsen	6,825	45,237
#5,129	Anton	6,823	45,251
#5,130	Justus	6,821	45,264
#5,131	Tyner	6,819	45,277

Who is named Gass

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

88% of people named Gass identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gasss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kyle Gass
American singer and musician (born 1960)
William H. Gass
American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor, 1924–2017
Simon Gass
British diplomat, born 1956

Notable Gasss come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gass

Gass has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gass come from?: Borrowed from German Gass.
How common is the surname Gass?: 6,818 people in the United States had the surname Gass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,284 Americans. It ranked 5,133rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gass?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Gass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gass?: Kyle Gass, American singer and musician (born 1960), followed by William H. Gass.
Where is the surname Gass most common?: Wikidata records people named Gass in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Gass getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,818 in 2010, down 0.5%.