# Gadsden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gadsden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,768 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,393 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 111,541 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (2,415 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gadsden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gadsden in the United States.

## People named Gadsden

- Christopher Gadsden, American soldier and politician (1724-1805)
- James Gadsden, American diplomat, soldier, planter, politician and railroad manager (1788–1858)
- Jacqueline Gadsden, American actress (1900-1986)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.