The surname Gainer
A surname, carried by 5,012 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G560
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,012 people named Gainer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,601 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,719.
#6,729
rank among US surnames
5,012
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+6.2%
change since 2000 (was #6,618)
Who is named Gainer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
63% of people named Gainer identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 63%
- Black (not Hispanic) 32%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Gainer has the Soundex code G560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G560.
Questions
- How common is the surname Gainer?
- 5,012 people in the United States had the surname Gainer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,601 Americans. It ranked 6,729th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gainer?
- In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Gainer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Gainer getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,012 in 2010, up 6.2%.