# Gorsuch (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gorsuch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,490 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,467 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 123,994 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.6% (2,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the hamlet of Gorsuch in Lancashire.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gorsuch in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gorsuch in the United States.

## People named Gorsuch

- Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2017 (born 1967)
- Anne Gorsuch Burford, American politician and attorney (1942-2004)

## Similar surnames

Garcés, Georges, Garciagarcia, Girgis, Grochowski, Graczyk, Groseclose, Guirguis, Garciagonzalez, Garciasanchez, Georgeson, Gerges.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.