The Gottschalk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,010 people carried this name — #6,733 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 13% from 4,448 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gottschalk surname
From German, Jewish, and Danish surname, equivalent to Gott (“god”) + Schalk (“servant”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gottschalk» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
131 people named Gottschalk live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 99 people named Gottschalk live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Gottschalk.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Drôme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
46 people named Gottschalk have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 80 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
200 people named Gottschalk are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gottschalk in American newspapers,
1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,921 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gottschalk,
with a public archive behind them.
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von Bozen Gottschalk d. 1334 · judge
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Ludwich Gottschalk d. 1905 · entrepreneur
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Rosemary Sonia Gottschalk d. 2012
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Gottschalk 1000–1066 · sovereign
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Gottschalk 1043–1066 · sovereign
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Gottschalk 1116–1184 · teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gottschalk.
- Gottardi 209 · U.S. census
- Gottardo 119 · U.S. census
- Gotte 335 · U.S. census
- Gottfried 2,180 · U.S. census
- Gotti 306 · U.S. census
- Gottlieb 6,509 · U.S. census
- Gotz 391 · U.S. census
- Goubeaux 423 · U.S. census
- Goud 157 · U.S. census
- Goude 416 · U.S. census
- Goudeau 1,913 · U.S. census
- Goudey 233 · U.S. census
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