The surname Gandara
A Galician surname, carried by 4,754 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex G536
Origin
Galician origin
From Galician Gándara, from gándara (“wetland”).
One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,754 people named Gandara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,944 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,636.
Who is named Gandara
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Gandara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Two or more races 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Gandara
Gandara has the Soundex code G536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G536.
Other Galician surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Gandara come from?
- From Galician Gándara, from gándara (“wetland”).
- How common is the surname Gandara?
- 4,754 people in the United States had the surname Gandara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,944 Americans. It ranked 7,044th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gandara?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gandara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Gandara getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,754 in 2010, up 31%.