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    The surname Gathright

    A surname, carried by 1,355 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G362

    Gathright: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gathright #19,834, 1,355 people Gathright: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gathright #19,834, 1,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gathright is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,355 people named Gathright in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,288.

    #19,834
    rank among US surnames
    1,355
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,428)

    Who is named Gathright

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

    67% of people named Gathright identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gathright

    Gathright has the Soundex code G362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G362.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gathright?
    1,355 people in the United States had the surname Gathright in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gathright?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Gathright identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gathright getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, up 5.2%.