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    The surname Gosser

    A surname, carried by 1,565 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G260

    Gosser: #17,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gosser #17,874, 1,565 people Gosser: #17,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gosser #17,874, 1,565 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gosser is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,565 people named Gosser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,281 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,541.

    #17,874
    rank among US surnames
    1,565
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,995)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,874Tourville1,565197,281
    #17,883Towell1,564197,408

    Who is named Gosser

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

    95% of people named Gosser identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gosser

    Gosser has the Soundex code G260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gosser?
    1,565 people in the United States had the surname Gosser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,281 Americans. It ranked 17,874th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gosser?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gosser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gosser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,565 in 2010, up 1.6%.