How common is the surname Goss?

26,179 people in the United States had the surname Goss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,794 Americans. It ranked 1,349th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Goss?

Porter Goss, American politician and first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, followed by Kimberly Goss.

Where is the surname Goss most common?

Wikidata records people named Goss in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Goss getting more or less common?

More common. 25,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,179 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Goss

A surname, carried by 26,179 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goss is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Gosse. * As a German surname, from a personal name related to the adjective gut (“good”) or Gott (“god”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 26,179 people named Goss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,794 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,464.

#1,349

rank among US surnames

26,179

people in 2010

8.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,266)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,340	Simms	26,287	11,745
#1,341	Woodruff	26,286	11,746
#1,342	Brandon	26,284	11,747
#1,343	Romo	26,283	11,747
#1,344	Kirkpatrick	26,251	11,761
#1,346	Corbett	26,246	11,764
#1,347	Granados	26,187	11,790

Who is named Goss

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

80% of people named Goss identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gosss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Porter Goss
American politician and first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, born 1938
Kimberly Goss
American heavy metal singer, born 1978
Tim Goss
British automotive engineer, born 1963
Chris Goss
American record producer and musician (born 1958)
Eleanor Goss
American tennis player (1895–1982)
Belinda Goss
Australian racing cyclist, born 1984
Sean Goss
Association football player, born 1995
Hildegard Goss-Mayr
Austrian anti-war activist and Christian theologian, born 1930

Notable Gosss come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goss

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

Questions

Where does the surname Goss come from?: * As an English surname, spelling variant of Gosse. * As a German surname, from a personal name related to the adjective gut (“good”) or Gott (“god”).
How common is the surname Goss?: 26,179 people in the United States had the surname Goss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,794 Americans. It ranked 1,349th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goss?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Goss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Goss?: Porter Goss, American politician and first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, followed by Kimberly Goss.
Where is the surname Goss most common?: Wikidata records people named Goss in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Goss getting more or less common?: More common. 25,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,179 in 2010, up 2.8%.