Gossum Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Gossum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 118 | 1:3,071,686 | 178,560 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Gossum (15) may also be a first name.
Gossum Demographics
Gossum Political Affiliation
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Gossum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gossum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gossum is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gossum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,658,108th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Gossum live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name world-wide, held by 15 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 3,071,686. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 60 percent live, Tennessee, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live.
Gossum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gossum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gossum last name increased 590 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gossum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gossum last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.
Gossum earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.28% less than the national average, earning $40,870 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Gossum
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