Gasper is used as a family name or surname in France, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gasper
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France, England
Meaning:

Descendant of Gasper or Jasper meaning "master of the treasure".

How popular is Gasper?

Despite the fact that the number of Gasper bearers increased by 4.55 per cent in 2010 US census to 4898 since 2000, the surname slipped by 216 spots and ranked at 6869. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.14 83.74
Black 6.59 6.87
Hispanic or Latino 6.57 4.23
Others 2.37 1.84
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9 1.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.43 1.47

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Anna Gasper worked as farmer and hailed from Bavaria. 21 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Elizabeth Hamilton and arrived on June 26, 1856. 15 years old Anton Gasper, 18 years old Marie Gasper, Marie Gasper, aged 48, Anna Gasper (15) Farmer, Farmer Jos. Gasper, Peter Gasper, aged 22, 25 years old John Gasper, 16 years old Carl Gasper, and 23 other Gasper around 47.06% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US.

Gasper Namesakes

  • Robert Gasper, Canadian luge athlete
  • Elon Gasper, former Senior VP at VizX Labs and co-founder of 1980s era software company Bright Star Technology

Gasper Namesakes

  • Robert Gasper, Canadian luge athlete
  • Elon Gasper, former Senior VP at VizX Labs and co-founder of 1980s era software company Bright Star Technology

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