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    The surname Gosa

    A surname, carried by 1,123 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G200

    Gosa: #22,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gosa #22,809, 1,123 people Gosa: #22,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gosa #22,809, 1,123 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gosa is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,123 people named Gosa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

    #22,809
    rank among US surnames
    1,123
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,143)

    Who is named Gosa

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

    59% of people named Gosa identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gosa

    Gosa has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gosa?
    1,123 people in the United States had the surname Gosa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. It ranked 22,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gosa?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Gosa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gosa getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,123 in 2010, up 3.1%.