Explore the Family Name Gasperson

The meaning of Gasperson

Apparently an Americanized form of an unidentified patronymic from a variant of the personal name Casper, possibly Scandinavian (see Casperson). According to some sources, the surname originated from England.

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How common is the last name Gasperson in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Gasperson saw a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, this surname was ranked as the 76,946th most common in the United States, but by 2010 it had dropped to the 85,659th spot, representing an overall decrease of 11.32%. The number of people with the Gasperson name also decreased over this decade, falling from 232 to 218, a change of -6.03%. When considering the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 Americans, there was a 22.22% drop, moving from 0.09 to 0.07.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#76,946	#85,659	-11.32%
Count	232	218	-6.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.07	-22.22%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gasperson

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Gasperson, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates a predominance of individuals identifying as White. In both 2000 and 2010, over 94% of people with this surname identified as White, with a marginal increase of 0.13% over this period. In 2000, approximately 3.02% identified as Hispanic, however, by 2010, this figure dropped to zero. Notably, in 2010 there was a small percentage (2.29%) of individuals who identified with two or more races, a category that was not represented in the 2000 data. There were no people with the Gasperson surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.83%	94.95%	0.13%
Two or More Races	0%	2.29%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	3.02%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%