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The surname Gastineau

A surname, carried by 1,130 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G235

Gastineau: #22,689 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gastineau #22,689, 1,130 people Gastineau: #22,689 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gastineau #22,689, 1,130 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gastineau is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,130 people named Gastineau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,086.

#22,689
rank among US surnames
1,130
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+4.1%
change since 2000 (was #22,185)

Who is named Gastineau

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

92% of people named Gastineau identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Two or more races 2.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gastineau

Gastineau has the Soundex code G235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G235.

Questions

How common is the surname Gastineau?
1,130 people in the United States had the surname Gastineau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. It ranked 22,689th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gastineau?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gastineau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Gastineau getting more or less common?
More common. 1,086 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,130 in 2010, up 4.1%.