Gossling Surname

568,231st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Gossling Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Goce' or 'Josse,' from diminutive Gocelin or Josselin. In Gosling the g is excrescent; compare Rawling, Tomling, Jennings, &c.; v. Goss (a) and Joslin.

Goslinus Dapifer, temp.

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Gossling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2091:1,734,253114,535
England1521:366,56626,048
Germany631:1,277,86481,414
Canada511:722,46357,796
Australia281:964,13257,058
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Wales51:618,90625,852
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1001:243,75417,902
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

The alternate forms: Gössling (428) are calculated separately.

Gossling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Goce' or 'Josse,' from diminutive Gocelin or Josselin. In Gosling the g is excrescent; compare Rawling, Tomling, Jennings, &c.; v. Goss (a) and Joslin.

Goslinus Dapifer, temp. 1109: Lincolnshire Survey.

Gilbert, son of Gocelin: ibid.

Goselina fil. Gawyne, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Symon Goseling, Norfolk, ibid.

Gauselin Johannes, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Matilda fil. Gocelini, 20 Edward I: Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

Goslinus Dayvill, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robert Geslyng, 1379: ibid.

'John Gostlin, Master of Gonville and Cams Coll., Camb.' (1566'-1626): Dictionary of National Biography.

John Gostling (d. 1733), chorister': ibid.

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

From the Anglo-Norman Christian name Joscelyn, or Goceline, Fil' Gocelini, Goscelin, Gosselin, and several other forms are found in the H.R, The assimilation of the name to that of a young goose by the addition of the g final is of modern date. Similar instances of the hardening of the soft g or j are observable in the Norman dialect. Thus jambe and gerbe are made gambe and guerbe.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Gossling Last Name Facts

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

Gossling (Russian: Госслинг) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Gössling. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gossling? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gossling is the 568,231st most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 13,107,097 people. Gossling is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Gossling reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 1,734,253. In The United States Gossling is primarily concentrated in: Iowa, where 30 percent are found, Arizona, where 15 percent are found and Texas, where 14 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.

Gossling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gossling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gossling last name rose 697 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gossling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gossling last name are 40.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gossling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.59% less than the national average, earning R 141,180 per year; in United States they earn 30.83% more than the national average, earning $56,450 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.22% more than the national average, earning $70,162 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gossling Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gossling in the Russian language
Госслингgossling-

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