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    The surname Gassett

    A surname, carried by 1,091 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G230

    Gassett: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gassett #23,333, 1,091 people Gassett: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gassett #23,333, 1,091 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gassett is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,091 people named Gassett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 986.

    #23,333
    rank among US surnames
    1,091
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,903)

    Who is named Gassett

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

    83% of people named Gassett identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gassett

    Gassett has the Soundex code G230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gassett?
    1,091 people in the United States had the surname Gassett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. It ranked 23,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gassett?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Gassett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gassett getting more or less common?
    More common. 986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,091 in 2010, up 11%.