The Gosselin surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,967 people carried this name — #5,369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,293 people named Gosselin.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 459 people named Gosselin 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
70 people named Gosselin live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Gosselin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Gosselin 1755–1822 -
Geneviève Gosselin 1791–1818 · ballet dancer -
Madame Anatole 1793–1858 · artist -
François Gosselin 1837–1909 · politician -
Martin Gosselin 1847–1905 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 236 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gosselin.
- Gorski 7,352 · U.S. census
- Gory 519 · U.S. census
- Gosciniak 136 · U.S. census
- Goslin 1,660 · U.S. census
- Gossard 1,860 · U.S. census
- Gosse 867 · U.S. census
- Gosset 162 · U.S. census
- Gossin 177 · U.S. census
- Gosson 314 · U.S. census
- Goth 664 · U.S. census
- Gothier 181 · U.S. census
- Gottardi 205 · U.S. census
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