The Gosse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 786 people carried this name — #29,878 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is down 9% from 867 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,262 people named Gosse.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 107 people named Gosse live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Gosse live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Gosse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolas Gosse 1787–1878 · painter -
Louis André Gosse 1791–1873 · physician -
Louis André Gosse 1791–1873 · physician
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Pierre Gosse 1676–1755 · printer
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Henri Albert Gosse 1712–1780 · printer
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Theodorus Gosse 1746–1807
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gosse.
- Gorse 269 · U.S. census
- Gorski 7,213 · U.S. census
- Gory 614 · U.S. census
- Gosciniak 159 · U.S. census
- Goslin 1,743 · U.S. census
- Gossard 1,941 · U.S. census
- Gosselin 6,104 · U.S. census
- Gosset 168 · U.S. census
- Gossin 166 · U.S. census
- Gosson 295 · U.S. census
- Goth 677 · U.S. census
- Gothier 155 · U.S. census
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