How common is the surname Gano?

2,183 people in the United States had the surname Gano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,432 Americans. It ranked 13,845th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gano?

In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Gano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Gano?

Gordon Gano, American singer, songwriter.

Where is the surname Gano most common?

Wikidata records people named Gano in the United States.

Is the surname Gano getting more or less common?

More common. 2,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,183 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Gano

A surname, carried by 2,183 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gano is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,183 people named Gano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,432 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,020.

#13,845

rank among US surnames

2,183

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,755)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,843	Gardener	2,184	141,367
#13,845	Westberg	2,183	141,432
#13,850	Winer	2,182	141,497

Who is named Gano

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

74% of people named Gano identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ganos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gordon Gano
American singer, songwriter, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gano

Gano 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 Gano?: 2,183 people in the United States had the surname Gano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,432 Americans. It ranked 13,845th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gano?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Gano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Gano?: Gordon Gano, American singer, songwriter.
Where is the surname Gano most common?: Wikidata records people named Gano in the United States.
Is the surname Gano getting more or less common?: More common. 2,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,183 in 2010, up 8.1%.