Gesser

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Wohnstätten-/Herkunftsname zu Gasse/Gaß; Tonvokal-Variation e

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

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

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil≈1 in 62K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 166K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 374K

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.

Brazil (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,400 people, est.

Sources
72 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 62K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Wohnstätten-/Herkunftsname zu Gasse/Gaß; Tonvokal-Variation e. Bearer count: 90+224.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gesser 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 Gesser is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil≈3,400 est.≈1 in 62K434Gesser72
DE Germany≈210 est.≈1 in 374Klisted——
US United States1951 in 1.7M217Gesser19
NL Netherlands1041 in 166K104Gesser3
FR France≈86 est.≈1 in 793K11——
IT Italy≈39 est.≈1 in 1.6M1——

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: Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); the dfa-band-1 register. 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)

Gesser is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Algeria

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Geßer

35 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Samuel Gesserb. 1930CACanadian impresario and record producer (1930-2008)
  • Jason Gesserb. 1979USAmerican football player and coach (born 1979)
  • Kaya ImaniNLnot in their usual nameDutch singer-songwriter

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)

FormalPrezado Sr. Gesser,Dear Mr Gesser, (English)
InformalOlá Gesser,Hi Gesser, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Gesser
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.7K#5,532
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020217#91,198
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000203#85,643
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010195#93,921
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007104#18,532
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)189112—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Gesser?
A machine transcription gives /ʒɛseɾ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
What does the name Gesser mean?
Recorded meaning: Wohnstätten-/Herkunftsname zu Gasse/Gaß; Tonvokal-Variation e.
In which country does Gesser have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.4 thousand people named Gesser in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gesser.
How common is the name Gesser?
In the United States, the national register counted 195 people named Gesser in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 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, “Gesser”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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