How common is the surname Gurski?

718 people in the United States had the surname Gurski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 430,008 Americans. It ranked 32,123rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gurski?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gurski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gurski getting more or less common?

Less common. 728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 718 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Gurski

A surname, carried by 718 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gurski is more common than 80.2% of them.

Origin

From Polish Górski, Gurski. Also, transliteration of East Slavic surnames of similar origin: Ukrainian Гурський (Hursʹkyj), Belarusian Гурскі (Hurski), Russian Гурский (Gurskij). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gora.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 718 people named Gurski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 430,008 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 728.

#32,123

rank among US surnames

718

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #30,324)

Who is named Gurski

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

95% of people named Gurski identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Gurski

Gurski has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Questions

Where does the surname Gurski come from?: From Polish Górski, Gurski. Also, transliteration of East Slavic surnames of similar origin: Ukrainian Гурський (Hursʹkyj), Belarusian Гурскі (Hurski), Russian Гурский (Gurskij). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *gora.
How common is the surname Gurski?: 718 people in the United States had the surname Gurski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 430,008 Americans. It ranked 32,123rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gurski?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gurski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gurski getting more or less common?: Less common. 728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 718 in 2010, down 1.4%.
What are other spellings of Gurski?: Gorski and Gursky.