How common is the surname Gaitan?

7,702 people in the United States had the surname Gaitan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,086 Americans. It ranked 4,606th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gaitan?

nisola gaitani, Argentine footballer, followed by Walter Gaitán.

Where is the surname Gaitan most common?

Wikidata records people named Gaitan in Argentina and Mexico.

Is the surname Gaitan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,702 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Gaitan

A surname, carried by 7,702 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaitan is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,702 people named Gaitan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,086 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,827.

#4,606

rank among US surnames

7,702

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+32.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,597	Batten	7,716	40,014
#4,598	Kling	7,713	40,029
#4,600	Hazel	7,711	40,040
#4,601	Wojcik	7,710	40,045
#4,602	Kehoe	7,708	40,055
#4,603	Sayers	7,705	40,071
#4,604	Romine	7,704	40,076

Who is named Gaitan

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

90% of people named Gaitan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Gaitans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

nisola gaitani
Argentine footballer, born 1988
Walter Gaitán
Argentine footballer, born 1977
Haramara Gaitan
Badminton player, born 1996

Notable Gaitans come mostly from Argentina (2) and Mexico (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaitan

Gaitan has the Soundex code G350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G350.

Questions

How common is the surname Gaitan?: 7,702 people in the United States had the surname Gaitan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,086 Americans. It ranked 4,606th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaitan?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gaitan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gaitan?: nisola gaitani, Argentine footballer, followed by Walter Gaitán.
Where is the surname Gaitan most common?: Wikidata records people named Gaitan in Argentina and Mexico.
Is the surname Gaitan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,702 in 2010, up 32%.