How common is the surname Gately?

2,599 people in the United States had the surname Gately in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,794 Americans. It ranked 12,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gately?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gately identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gately getting more or less common?

More common. 2,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,599 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Gately

A surname, carried by 2,599 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gately is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,599 people named Gately in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,794 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,566.

#12,012

rank among US surnames

2,599

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,299)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,003	Ehlert	2,602	118,657
#12,005	Jaber	2,601	118,703
#12,009	Donlon	2,600	118,748
#12,012	Szeto	2,599	118,794
#12,017	Satchell	2,598	118,840

Who is named Gately

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

94% of people named Gately identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gately

Gateley

Gately has the Soundex code G340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G340.

Questions

How common is the surname Gately?: 2,599 people in the United States had the surname Gately in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,794 Americans. It ranked 12,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gately?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gately identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gately getting more or less common?: More common. 2,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,599 in 2010, up 1.3%.