How common is the surname Gossage?

1,498 people in the United States had the surname Gossage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,105 Americans. It ranked 18,467th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gossage?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gossage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gossage getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,498 in 2010, down 3.6%.

The surname Gossage

A surname, carried by 1,498 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gossage is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

Named after Air Marshal Sir Ernest Leslie Gossage, Commander-in-Chief RAF Balloon Command 1940-4.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,498 people named Gossage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,105 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,554.

#18,467

rank among US surnames

1,498

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.6%

change since 2000 (was #16,899)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,467	Sciacca	1,498	206,105
#18,474	Longnecker	1,497	206,243

Who is named Gossage

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

94% of people named Gossage identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Gossage come from?: Named after Air Marshal Sir Ernest Leslie Gossage, Commander-in-Chief RAF Balloon Command 1940-4.
How common is the surname Gossage?: 1,498 people in the United States had the surname Gossage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,105 Americans. It ranked 18,467th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gossage?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gossage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gossage getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,498 in 2010, down 3.6%.