The surname Gloss
A surname, carried by 1,101 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex G420
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,101 people named Gloss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,075.
#23,167
rank among US surnames
1,101
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2.4%
change since 2000 (was #22,352)
Who is named Gloss
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Gloss identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Gloss
Gloss has the Soundex code G420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G420.
Questions
- How common is the surname Gloss?
- 1,101 people in the United States had the surname Gloss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gloss?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Gloss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Gloss getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, up 2.4%.