The Gößman Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

There is no single Gößman family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Gößman line, if any, bore arms.

In the records

The Gößman family name is well attested in modern population records. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Gößman with 2,168 bearers, at rank 13,926. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

We don't publish a meaning for Gößman without a reliable source. Our researchers work it out from the records of each family. Wikidata records Gößman as a German family name. Names that sound alike, such as Gusmán, are easily confused in old records.

Get the complete Gößman report, with a museum-style coat of arms.