How common is the surname Gosselin?

6,104 people in the United States had the surname Gosselin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,581 Americans. It ranked 5,681st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gosselin?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gosselin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gosselin?

Kate Gosselin, American television personality, followed by YaYa Gosselin.

Where is the surname Gosselin most common?

Wikidata records people named Gosselin in the United States.

Is the surname Gosselin getting more or less common?

More common. 5,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,104 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Gosselin

A surname, carried by 6,104 people in the United States.

3 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). Gosselin is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,104 people named Gosselin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,581 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,967.

#5,681

rank among US surnames

6,104

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,369)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,672	Shaughnessy	6,117	50,473
#5,673	Christopherson	6,115	50,490
#5,674	Serra	6,114	50,498
#5,675	Paradis	6,113	50,506
#5,676	Nowell	6,112	50,515
#5,677	Massa	6,111	50,523
#5,678	Edens	6,110	50,531

Who is named Gosselin

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

95% of people named Gosselin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gosselins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kate Gosselin
American television personality, born 1975
YaYa Gosselin
American actress, born 2009

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gosselin

Gosselin 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 Gosselin?: 6,104 people in the United States had the surname Gosselin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,581 Americans. It ranked 5,681st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gosselin?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gosselin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gosselin?: Kate Gosselin, American television personality, followed by YaYa Gosselin.
Where is the surname Gosselin most common?: Wikidata records people named Gosselin in the United States.
Is the surname Gosselin getting more or less common?: More common. 5,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,104 in 2010, up 2.3%.