How common is the surname Gorsuch?

2,490 people in the United States had the surname Gorsuch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,994 Americans. It ranked 12,467th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gorsuch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gorsuch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gorsuch?

Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2017 (born 1967), followed by Anne Gorsuch Burford.

Where is the surname Gorsuch most common?

Wikidata records people named Gorsuch in the United States.

Is the surname Gorsuch getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,490 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Gorsuch

A place surname, carried by 2,490 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gorsuch is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

From the hamlet of Gorsuch in Lancashire.

Gorsuch 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 2,490 people named Gorsuch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,994 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,505.

#12,467

rank among US surnames

2,490

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,520)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,460	Hallowell	2,491	123,944
#12,467	Como	2,490	123,994
#12,473	Pentecost	2,489	124,044
#12,476	Beaupre	2,488	124,094

Who is named Gorsuch

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

95% of people named Gorsuch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gorsuchs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Questions

Where does the surname Gorsuch come from?: From the hamlet of Gorsuch in Lancashire.
How common is the surname Gorsuch?: 2,490 people in the United States had the surname Gorsuch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,994 Americans. It ranked 12,467th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gorsuch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gorsuch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gorsuch?: Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2017 (born 1967), followed by Anne Gorsuch Burford.
Where is the surname Gorsuch most common?: Wikidata records people named Gorsuch in the United States.
What type of surname is Gorsuch?: Gorsuch is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Gorsuch getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,490 in 2010, down 0.6%.