How common is the surname Gassman?

1,532 people in the United States had the surname Gassman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. It ranked 18,166th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gassman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gassman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gassman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,532 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Gassman

A German surname, carried by 1,532 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gassman is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Gassmann.

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 1,532 people named Gassman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,589.

#18,166

rank among US surnames

1,532

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #16,616)

Who is named Gassman

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

95% of people named Gassman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gassman

Gassman has the Soundex code G255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G255.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gassman come from?: Variant of Gassmann.
How common is the surname Gassman?: 1,532 people in the United States had the surname Gassman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. It ranked 18,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gassman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gassman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gassman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,532 in 2010, down 3.6%.