How common is the surname Gasser?

3,024 people in the United States had the surname Gasser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,098 Americans. It ranked 10,596th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gasser?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gasser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gasser?

Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist (1888-1963), followed by Anna Gasser.

Where is the surname Gasser most common?

Wikidata records people named Gasser in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Gasser getting more or less common?

More common. 2,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,024 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Gasser

A place surname, carried by 3,024 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gasser is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

German, Swiss German, and Jewish topographic surname for one who lived in a side street or alley, from a derivative of Middle High German gazze, German Gasse, or Yiddish gas.

Gasser is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,024 people named Gasser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,098 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,952.

#10,596

rank among US surnames

3,024

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,069)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,587	Biller	3,028	101,964
#10,589	Stgeorge	3,026	102,031
#10,593	Butters	3,025	102,065
#10,596	Coan	3,024	102,098
#10,598	Chumley	3,022	102,166
#10,601	Boice	3,021	102,200
#10,603	Hugo	3,020	102,234

Who is named Gasser

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

96% of people named Gasser identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gassers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herbert Spencer Gasser
American physiologist (1888-1963)
Anna Gasser
Austrian snowboarder, born 1991

Notable Gassers come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gasser

Gasser has the Soundex code G260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G260.

Questions

Where does the surname Gasser come from?: German, Swiss German, and Jewish topographic surname for one who lived in a side street or alley, from a derivative of Middle High German gazze, German Gasse, or Yiddish gas.
How common is the surname Gasser?: 3,024 people in the United States had the surname Gasser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,098 Americans. It ranked 10,596th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gasser?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gasser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gasser?: Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist (1888-1963), followed by Anna Gasser.
Where is the surname Gasser most common?: Wikidata records people named Gasser in the United States and Austria.
What type of surname is Gasser?: Gasser is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Gasser getting more or less common?: More common. 2,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,024 in 2010, up 2.4%.