Gosnell is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gosnell
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Anciently Gosnold, and therefore probably from some locality called Gosenwold, a word or plain whereon geese were numerous.

How popular is Gosnell?

Gosnell is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

Gosnell is ranked 49786 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gosnells plummeted by 0.82 per cent to 6931 since 2000 and slipped by 420 spots and ranked at 5060. 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 95.25 96.24
Gosnell is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 10329 people have been found who wears Gosnell as their family name. Gosnell is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Gosnell:
4,930 United States9,044
Countries with hundreds of Gosnell:
11,731 England486
11,323 Canada351
18,817 Australia143
6,365 New Zealand121
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,925 Ireland82
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,291 South Africa38
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
16,869 Wales10
21,724 Scotland9

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old apothecary William Gosnell who was residing in England migrated to USA on March 1, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. Samuel Gosnell, aged 19, John Gosnell (40) Immigrant, 21 years old William Gosnell, are others that migrated to US.

Gosnell Namesakes

  • Joseph Gosnell, Joseph Arthur Gosnell, Sr
  • Kelvin Gosnell, British comics writer and editor
  • Raja Gosnell, American director and editor, best
  • Bert Gosnell, England international footballer

Gosnell Namesakes

  • Joseph Gosnell, Joseph Arthur Gosnell, Sr
  • Kelvin Gosnell, British comics writer and editor
  • Raja Gosnell, American director and editor, best
  • Bert Gosnell, England international footballer

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