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The GOSNEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,855 14693 0.001 7
United States (1880 census) 631 8001 0.001 13
Change since 1880 +1224 -6692 0 -6
Other Countries
Australia 147 10062 0.001 9
United Kingdom 847 5998 0.002 18
Top States for GOSNEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 241 2355 0.006 60
California 186 13865 0.001 5
Missouri 145 5208 0.003 26
Washington 144 5344 0.002 24
Virginia 111 6851 0.002 16
Top States for GOSNEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Kentucky 241 2355 0.006 60
Oklahoma 91 4989 0.003 26
Missouri 145 5208 0.003 26
Washington 144 5344 0.002 24
Wyoming 11 6803 0.002 22

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GOSNEY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GOSNEY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GOSNEY in Kentucky than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GOSNEY by picking someone at random in Kentucky than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GOSNEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GOSNEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GOSNEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GOSNEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 41 2.21
White (Hispanic) 23 1.24
Black/African American 19 1.02
Asian/Pacific 11 0.59
Native American/Alaskan 10 0.54
White (Caucasian) 1,751 94.39

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GOSNEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GOSNEY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GOSNEY.

Similar names to GOSNEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GOSNEY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GOSNEY

The following words are slight variants of GOSNEY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.