How common is the surname Goslin?

1,743 people in the United States had the surname Goslin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goslin?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Goslin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goslin?

Goose Goslin, American baseball player (1900-1971).

Where is the surname Goslin most common?

Wikidata records people named Goslin in the United States.

Is the surname Goslin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Goslin

A surname, carried by 1,743 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goslin is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,743 people named Goslin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,660.

#16,481

rank among US surnames

1,743

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #16,042)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,475	Lacher	1,744	177,033
#16,481	Chess	1,743	177,135

Who is named Goslin

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

88% of people named Goslin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goslins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Goose Goslin
American baseball player (1900-1971)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goslin

Goslin has the Soundex code G245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G245.

Questions

How common is the surname Goslin?: 1,743 people in the United States had the surname Goslin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goslin?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Goslin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goslin?: Goose Goslin, American baseball player (1900-1971).
Where is the surname Goslin most common?: Wikidata records people named Goslin in the United States.
Is the surname Goslin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, up 5.0%.