Gooseman Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Singapore

Gooseman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the gooseman,' a gooseherd, a tender of geese; compare Swanherd.

Gooseman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1261:442,20729,452
United States621:5,846,112285,490
Singapore131:423,66918,211
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1101:221,59416,923
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Gooseman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the gooseman,' a gooseherd, a tender of geese; compare Swanherd.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A breeder of Geese.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Same as Guzman, Gudmund; from Old German gunt-mundy Anglo-Saxon guth-mund, a warrior.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Gooseman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gooseman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gooseman is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gooseman? popularity and diffusion

Gooseman is the 1,101,507th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of Gooseman live; 59 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 442,207. In England Gooseman is most frequent in: Lincolnshire, where 36 percent are found, Kent, where 16 percent are found and Greater Manchester, where 14 percent are found. Besides England this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Singapore, where 6 percent are found.

Gooseman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gooseman has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Gooseman surname grew 115 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 168 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gooseman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gooseman last name are 39.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.86% registered with the party.

The amount Gooseman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.43% less than the national average, earning R 53,640 per year and in United States they earn 19.18% more than the national average, earning $51,425 USD per year.

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