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    The surname Gains

    A surname, carried by 1,048 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G520

    Gains: #24,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gains #24,049, 1,048 people Gains: #24,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gains #24,049, 1,048 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gains is more common than 85.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,048 people named Gains in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,040.

    #24,049
    rank among US surnames
    1,048
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,973)

    Who is named Gains

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

    50% of people named Gains identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gainss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Courtney Gains
      American actor, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gains

    Gains has the Soundex code G520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gains?
    1,048 people in the United States had the surname Gains in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gains?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Gains identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gains?
    Courtney Gains, American actor.
    Where is the surname Gains most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gains in the United States.
    Is the surname Gains getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, up 0.8%.