Gasu

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɡəsu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gasu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ghana than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GHGhana≈1 in 59K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 633K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 2.5M

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.

Ghana (inferred from the name graph)

≈490 people, est.

Sources
68 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gasu 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.

Where Gasu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GH Ghana≈490 est.≈1 in 59K—Gasu17
US United States1131 in 2.9M118Gasu68
NG Nigeria≈86 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Gasu7
IT Italy≈21 est.≈1 in 2.9M—Gasu1
AR Argentina171 in 2.7M17——
NZ New Zealand≈8 est.≈1 in 633K—Gasu9
CH Switzerland31 in 2.8M3—2

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; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gasu is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, El Salvador, Mexico

    Also written Gasú, Gāšu

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gāšu

  • Romanian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Gașu

  • Amharic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States

    Also written ጋሱ

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gasu is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ガス

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Gasu,
InformalHi Gasu,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Gasu
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020118#143,511
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010113#146,201
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—17—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

How do you pronounce Gasu?
A machine transcription gives /ɡəsu/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gasu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 494 people named Gasu in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gasu.
How common is the name Gasu?
In the United States, the national register counted 113 people named Gasu in 2010, about 1 in 2.9 million residents.

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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, “Gasu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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