How common is the surname Gast?

4,612 people in the United States had the surname Gast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,944 Americans. It ranked 7,235th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gast?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gast?

John Gast, American artist (1842-1896).

Where is the surname Gast most common?

Wikidata records people named Gast in the United States.

Is the surname Gast getting more or less common?

More common. 4,415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,612 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Gast

A surname, carried by 4,612 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gast is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, from Gast (“guest”) (see below). * As an Alemannic German surname, shortened from the personal Germanic names Arbogast and Gastolf (compare German Gasthof). * As a French surname, from Old French gast (“wasteland”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,612 people named Gast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,944 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,415.

#7,235

rank among US surnames

4,612

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,230	Charbonneau	4,617	66,871
#7,232	Gordillo	4,616	66,886
#7,234	Bybee	4,614	66,915
#7,235	Gast	4,612	66,944
#7,236	Dufresne	4,611	66,958

Who is named Gast

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

95% of people named Gast identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gasts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Gast
American artist (1842-1896)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gast

Gast has the Soundex code G230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G230.

Questions

Where does the surname Gast come from?: * As a German surname, from Gast (“guest”) (see below). * As an Alemannic German surname, shortened from the personal Germanic names Arbogast and Gastolf (compare German Gasthof). * As a French surname, from Old French gast (“wasteland”).
How common is the surname Gast?: 4,612 people in the United States had the surname Gast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,944 Americans. It ranked 7,235th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gast?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gast?: John Gast, American artist (1842-1896).
Where is the surname Gast most common?: Wikidata records people named Gast in the United States.
Is the surname Gast getting more or less common?: More common. 4,415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,612 in 2010, up 4.5%.