Find out how popular the last name Gorsuch is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Gorsuch.

Gorsuch, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Gorsuch surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gorsuch in America

Gorsuch is the 12467th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gorsuch surname appeared 2,490 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Gorsuch.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gorsuch to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Gorsuch

The surname Gorsuch has its origins in the English county of Cheshire, where it is derived from the Old English words 'gors' meaning marsh or fen and 'hough' meaning ridge or hill. The name was originally a topographic name for someone who lived on a ridge near a marsh or fen.

The earliest recorded instance of the name dates back to the 13th century, with a Robert de Gorsehull appearing in the Assize Rolls of Cheshire in 1286. The Gorsuch family was well-established in the area around Nantwich and Audlem in Cheshire by the 14th century.

In the 16th century, the Gorsuch surname is found recorded in the parish registers of Middlewich, Cheshire, with the spelling variations Gorsuche, Gorsuch, and Gorsuche appearing. One notable bearer of the name from this period was John Gorsuch, born in Middlewich around 1520, who was a prosperous yeoman farmer.

By the 17th century, the Gorsuch family had spread across other parts of England. In 1635, a Thomas Gorsuch was recorded as a minister in the parish of St. Olave, Hart Street, London. Another early bearer of the name was Benjamin Gorsuch, born in 1670 in Walton-on-the-Hill, Lancashire.

The Gorsuch name was also carried to the American colonies in the late 17th century by members of the Quaker faith. One of the earliest recorded Gorsuches in America was Thomas Gorsuch, born around 1645 in Wiltshire, England, who settled in Maryland in the 1670s and became a prominent landowner and Quaker minister.

Other notable individuals with the Gorsuch surname include Sir John Gorsuch Gorsuch, born in 1797 in Bury, Lancashire, who served as a British diplomat and was knighted in 1844. Sir John Gorsuch Gorsuch, 1st Baronet, born in 1831, was a British merchant and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Liverpool.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gorsuch

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Gorsuch.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Gorsuch was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Gorsuch has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Gorsuch was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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