How common is the surname Gursky?

876 people in the United States had the surname Gursky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 352,449 Americans. It ranked 27,514th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gursky getting more or less common?

More common. 861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 876 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Gursky

A surname, carried by 876 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). Gursky is more common than 83% of them.

Origin

Respelling of 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 876 people named Gursky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 352,449 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 861.

#27,514

rank among US surnames

876

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #26,614)

Who is named Gursky

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

96% of people named Gursky identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Gursky

Gursky 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 Gursky come from?: Respelling of 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 Gursky?: 876 people in the United States had the surname Gursky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 352,449 Americans. It ranked 27,514th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gursky?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gursky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Gursky getting more or less common?: More common. 861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 876 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Gursky?: Gurski and Gorski.