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The surname Gaddy

A surname, carried by 8,342 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G300

Gaddy: #4,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gaddy #4,251, 8,342 people Gaddy: #4,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gaddy #4,251, 8,342 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaddy is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,342 people named Gaddy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,011 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,926.

#4,251
rank among US surnames
8,342
people in 2010
2.8
per 100,000 Americans
+5.2%
change since 2000 (was #4,138)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#4,242Wingate8,35936,936
#4,245Hennessey8,35736,945
#4,246Cochrane8,35536,953
#4,247Damron8,35436,958
#4,248Williford8,35236,967
#4,249Lovejoy8,35136,971
#4,250Lister8,35036,976

Who is named Gaddy

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

58% of people named Gaddy identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 58%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
  • Two or more races 2.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaddy

Gaddy has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

Questions

How common is the surname Gaddy?
8,342 people in the United States had the surname Gaddy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,011 Americans. It ranked 4,251st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaddy?
In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Gaddy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gaddy getting more or less common?
More common. 7,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,342 in 2010, up 5.2%.