How common is the surname Gantt?

9,122 people in the United States had the surname Gantt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,846 Americans. It ranked 3,891st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gantt?

Henry Gantt, American engineer (1861–1919), followed by Mark Gantt.

Where is the surname Gantt most common?

Wikidata records people named Gantt in the United States.

Is the surname Gantt getting more or less common?

More common. 8,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,122 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Gantt

A surname, carried by 9,122 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gantt is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,122 people named Gantt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,846 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,695.

#3,891

rank among US surnames

9,122

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,747)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,882	Zink	9,134	33,802
#3,884	Schiller	9,132	33,809
#3,885	Jerome	9,131	33,813
#3,886	Rickard	9,128	33,824
#3,887	Ling	9,127	33,828
#3,888	Volk	9,126	33,831
#3,890	Jang	9,125	33,835

Who is named Gantt

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

53% of people named Gantt identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 42%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gantts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Gantt
American engineer (1861–1919)
Mark Gantt
American actor, born 1968
Erica Boyer
American pornographic actress (1956–2009)
Nicole Mitchell
American jazz flutist, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gantt

Gantt has the Soundex code G530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G530.

Questions

How common is the surname Gantt?: 9,122 people in the United States had the surname Gantt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,846 Americans. It ranked 3,891st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gantt?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Gantt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gantt?: Henry Gantt, American engineer (1861–1919), followed by Mark Gantt.
Where is the surname Gantt most common?: Wikidata records people named Gantt in the United States.
Is the surname Gantt getting more or less common?: More common. 8,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,122 in 2010, up 4.9%.