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    The surname Gaona

    A Spanish surname, carried by 9,299 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G500

    Gaona: #3,811 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gaona #3,811, 9,299 people Gaona: #3,811 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gaona #3,811, 9,299 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaona is more common than 97.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Gaona, perhaps of Basque origin.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,299 people named Gaona in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,202 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,677.

    #3,811
    rank among US surnames
    9,299
    people in 2010
    3.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,823)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,806Kohl9,30333,188
    #3,807Toscano9,30133,195
    #3,809Bratton9,30033,198
    #3,811Gaona9,29933,202

    Who is named Gaona

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

    94% of people named Gaona identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gaona

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gaona come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Gaona, perhaps of Basque origin.
    How common is the surname Gaona?
    9,299 people in the United States had the surname Gaona in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,202 Americans. It ranked 3,811th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gaona?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gaona identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gaona getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,299 in 2010, up 39%.