Gascoigne Surname
Approximately 5,393 people bear this surname
Gascoigne Surname Definition:
(French) Native of Gascony. [French Gasco(i)gne, Low Latin Gas- conia, Vasconia, the land of the Vasks = Basques] Whit wyn of Oseye And reed wyn of Gascoigne.—Piers Plowman, 454-5.
Gascoigne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,883 | 1:19,326 | 2,756 |
| United States | 921 | 1:393,549 | 34,518 |
| Australia | 854 | 1:31,611 | 4,207 |
| New Zealand | 179 | 1:25,298 | 4,427 |
| Canada | 167 | 1:220,632 | 21,263 |
| Jamaica | 100 | 1:28,699 | 2,167 |
| South Africa | 68 | 1:796,731 | 54,178 |
| Scotland | 60 | 1:89,230 | 6,335 |
| Wales | 36 | 1:85,959 | 7,098 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 | 1:92,252 | 5,957 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,370 | 1:17,792 | 2,576 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 46 | 1:1,091,711 | 63,103 |
Gascoigne (18) may also be a first name.
Gascoigne Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Native of Gascony. [French Gasco(i)gne, Low Latin Gas- conia, Vasconia, the land of the Vasks = Basques] Whit wyn of Oseye And reed wyn of Gascoigne.—Piers Plowman, 454-5.
(French) Native of Gascony.
Whit wyn of Oseye And reed wyn of Gascoigne.—Piers Plowman, 454-5.
A native of Gascony, the French province, which being in the possession of England, during a portion of the XIV. cent., supplied this country with many new families and names. See Ducatus Leodiensis, p. 181, for the twenty spellings of this name. The heads of the family were all Williams, the courageous Chief-Justice who sent Prince Henry to prison being one.
Gascoigne: from Gascony.
Gascoigne Demographics
Gascoigne Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Gascoigne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gascoigne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gascoigne is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gascoigne.
How Common Is The Last Name Gascoigne? popularity and diffusion
Gascoigne is the 89,012th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,351,297 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Gascoigne are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 2,883 people, or 1 in 19,326. In England Gascoigne is primarily found in: South Yorkshire, where 10 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 9 percent are found and Tyne and Wear, where 8 percent are found. Outside of England this surname exists in 45 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 16 percent are found.
Gascoigne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gascoigne has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Gascoigne last name grew 210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 2,002 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gascoigne Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gascoigne surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Gascoigne last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Gascoigne earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.29% more than the national average, earning R 461,712 per year; in United States they earn 12.03% more than the national average, earning $48,340 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.86% more than the national average, earning $54,086 CAD per year.
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