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    The surname Ganey

    A surname, carried by 1,641 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G500

    Ganey: #17,258 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ganey #17,258, 1,641 people Ganey: #17,258 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ganey #17,258, 1,641 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ganey is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,641 people named Ganey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,636.

    #17,258
    rank among US surnames
    1,641
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,249Makela1,642188,030
    #17,258Elders1,641188,145

    Who is named Ganey

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

    91% of people named Ganey identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ganey

    Ganey has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ganey?
    1,641 people in the United States had the surname Ganey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ganey?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Ganey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ganey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 0.3%.