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    The surname Games

    A surname, carried by 1,814 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G520

    Games: #16,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Games #16,004, 1,814 people Games: #16,004 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Games #16,004, 1,814 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Games is more common than 90.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,814 people named Games in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,202 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,755.

    #16,004
    rank among US surnames
    1,814
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,360)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,995Strope1,815170,108
    #16,004Portnoy1,814170,202
    #16,012Hysell1,813170,295

    Who is named Games

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

    56% of people named Games identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Games

    Games 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 Games?
    1,814 people in the United States had the surname Games in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,202 Americans. It ranked 16,004th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Games?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Games identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Games getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,814 in 2010, up 3.4%.