Gasson
surname · Latin script
Meaning: perhaps a variant of Garson
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ɡæsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gasson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 96K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 237K
- USUnited States1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 155 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 85K (inferred from the name graph)
≈690 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)perhaps a variant of Garson.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world
(measured from records)Gasson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 96K | — | Gasson | 127 |
| US United States | 300 | 1 in 1.1M | 320 | Gasson | 155 |
| FR France | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 237K | 40 | Gasson | 102 |
| AU Australia | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 151K | — | Gasson | 66 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 388K | — | Gasson | 13 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Gasson | 29 |
| BZ Belize | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 372K | — | Gasson | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Richard Gassonb. 1842IEMedal of Honor recipient
- Thomas Ignatius Gassonb. 1859USRoman Catholic priest and educator (1859-1930)
- Andrew Gassonb. 1950GBhas written a book on Wilkie Collins, is also an optometrist specialising in contact lenses
- Kelly Gassonb. 1987GBEnglish glamour model
- Jodie Gassonb. 1988GBEnglish glamour model
- Helena Gassonb. 1994NZNew Zealand swimmer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 320 | #66,670 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 300 | #65,964 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 282 | #65,668 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 49 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 47 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 40 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 39 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 39 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 34 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 29 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gasson mean, and where does it come from?
- perhaps a variant of Garson. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Gasson?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡæsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Gasson have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 687 people named Gasson in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gasson.
- How common is the name Gasson?
- In the United States, the national register counted 300 people named Gasson in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gassonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gasson”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.