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    The surname Gosling

    A Norse surname, carried by 681 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G245

    Gosling: #33,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gosling #33,499, 681 people Gosling: #33,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gosling #33,499, 681 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gosling is more common than 79.4% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    * As an English surname, spelling variant of Joslin. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English gosling (“young goose”), partly borrowed from Old Norse gæslingr; equivalent to modern goose + -ling. * As a German surname, from a personal name based on gut (“good”).

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 681 people named Gosling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 453,371 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 626.

    #33,499
    rank among US surnames
    681
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #34,259)

    Who is named Gosling

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

    92% of people named Gosling identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Goslings

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paula Gosling
      American writer, born 1939

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gosling

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

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gosling come from?
    * As an English surname, spelling variant of Joslin. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English gosling (“young goose”), partly borrowed from Old Norse gæslingr; equivalent to modern goose + -ling. * As a German surname, from a personal name based on gut (“good”).
    How common is the surname Gosling?
    681 people in the United States had the surname Gosling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 453,371 Americans. It ranked 33,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gosling?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gosling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gosling?
    Paula Gosling, American writer.
    Where is the surname Gosling most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gosling in the United States.
    Is the surname Gosling getting more or less common?
    More common. 626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 681 in 2010, up 8.8%.