Explore the Family Name Gassman

The meaning of Gassman

1. Americanized form of German Gassmann, and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. 2. English (Yorkshire): from a Middle English male personal name Gasseman, a pet form of Gace, the Parisian French variant of Old French Wace (see Wass). 3. English: alternatively, an occupational name meaning ‘servant of a man named Gass’ (see 2 above and Gass 4).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Gassman experienced a drop in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. Ranked at 16,616 in the year 2000, it fell to 18,166 by 2010, marking a decrease of 9.33%. The number of individuals with this surname also decreased from 1,589 in 2000 to 1,532 in 2010, a reduction of 3.59%. Similarly, the proportion of the population bearing the name Gassman per 100,000 people declined by 11.86%, from 0.59 to 0.52.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,616	#18,166	-9.33%
Count	1,589	1,532	-3.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.59	0.52	-11.86%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gassman

The ethnic identity associated with the Gassman surname also saw changes over the same decade, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the percentage of those identifying as White dropped slightly from 96.98% to 94.65%, there was substantial growth in the percentage of Hispanics within this group, increasing by 164.29% from 1.26% to 3.33%. There were no recorded instances of Asian/Pacific Islanders or Black individuals with the Gassman surname in either 2000 or 2010. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native also slightly decreased during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.98%	94.65%	-2.4%
Hispanic	1.26%	3.33%	164.29%
Two or More Races	0.69%	0.65%	-5.8%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.82%	0.65%	-20.73%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%