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The surname Gasaway

A surname, carried by 2,365 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G200

Gasaway: #12,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gasaway #12,981, 2,365 people Gasaway: #12,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gasaway #12,981, 2,365 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gasaway is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,365 people named Gasaway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,548 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,294.

#12,981
rank among US surnames
2,365
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+3.1%
change since 2000 (was #12,410)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,978Cron2,366130,493
#12,981Moor2,365130,548
#12,986Golub2,364130,603

Who is named Gasaway

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

76% of people named Gasaway identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 76%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gasaway

Gasaway has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Questions

How common is the surname Gasaway?
2,365 people in the United States had the surname Gasaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,548 Americans. It ranked 12,981st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gasaway?
In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Gasaway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gasaway getting more or less common?
More common. 2,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,365 in 2010, up 3.1%.