Gascon Surname
Approximately 35,076 people bear this surname
Gascon 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.
Gascon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 10,404 | 1:9,731 | 909 |
| Spain | 9,903 | 1:4,721 | 588 |
| Venezuela | 4,550 | 1:6,638 | 755 |
| Canada | 2,633 | 1:13,994 | 2,065 |
| Mexico | 2,326 | 1:53,365 | 2,680 |
| United States | 2,298 | 1:157,728 | 16,112 |
| France | 1,207 | 1:55,031 | 7,281 |
| Cuba | 297 | 1:38,797 | 1,771 |
| Argentina | 285 | 1:149,977 | 12,681 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Colombia | 248 | 1:192,637 | 4,858 |
| Chile | 127 | 1:138,712 | 4,862 |
| Brazil | 59 | 1:3,628,379 | 101,412 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Guam | 45 | 1:3,558 | 455 |
| Uruguay | 42 | 1:81,709 | 8,364 |
| Switzerland | 40 | 1:205,323 | 17,881 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Panama | 26 | 1:150,471 | 4,892 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Andorra | 15 | 1:5,589 | 1,076 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63 | 1:797,122 | 49,780 |
The alternate forms: Gascón (378) & Gascòn (6) are calculated separately.
Gascon (40) may also be a first name.
Gascon 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. [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. [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.
Gascon Demographics
Average Male Gascon Height
173.26 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gascon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gascon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gascon is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Gascón or Gascòn. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gascon? popularity and diffusion
Gascon is the 15,896th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 207,764 people. The last name Gascon occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 36 percent of Gascon live; 30 percent live in Southeast Asia and 29 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Gascon is also the 1,614,485th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 40 people.
Gascon is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 10,404 people, or 1 in 9,731. In The Philippines Gascon is most prevalent in: Ilocos, where 13 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 13 percent are found and Western Visayas, where 11 percent are found. Beside The Philippines this last name is found in 53 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 28 percent are found and Venezuela, where 13 percent are found.
Gascon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gascon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gascon surname expanded 3,648 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gascon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gascon are 38% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 91.23% registered with the political party.
The amount Gascon earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 14.47% less than the national average, earning $19,416,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.77% more than the national average, earning $43,911 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.56% less than the national average, earning $44,934 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gascon
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis