How common is the surname Gossman?

2,168 people in the United States had the surname Gossman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. It ranked 13,926th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gossman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gossman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gossman?

F. Joseph Gossman, American Catholic bishop (1930–2013).

Where is the surname Gossman most common?

Wikidata records people named Gossman in the United States.

Is the surname Gossman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,168 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Gossman

A surname, carried by 2,168 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gossman is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,168 people named Gossman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,916.

#13,926

rank among US surnames

2,168

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+13.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,335)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,922	Dula	2,169	142,345
#13,926	Kelliher	2,168	142,410
#13,933	Flippo	2,167	142,476

Who is named Gossman

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

94% of people named Gossman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gossmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

F. Joseph Gossman
American Catholic bishop (1930–2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gossman

Gossman has the Soundex code G255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G255.

Questions

How common is the surname Gossman?: 2,168 people in the United States had the surname Gossman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,410 Americans. It ranked 13,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gossman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gossman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gossman?: F. Joseph Gossman, American Catholic bishop (1930–2013).
Where is the surname Gossman most common?: Wikidata records people named Gossman in the United States.
Is the surname Gossman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,168 in 2010, up 13%.