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    The surname Gatica

    A surname, carried by 2,678 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G320

    Gatica: #11,704 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gatica #11,704, 2,678 people Gatica: #11,704 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gatica #11,704, 2,678 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gatica is more common than 92.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,678 people named Gatica in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,290 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,578.

    #11,704
    rank among US surnames
    2,678
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +69.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,694)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,697Vanek2,679115,247
    #11,704Maag2,678115,290
    #11,709Longenecker2,677115,333

    Who is named Gatica

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

    93% of people named Gatica identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Gaticas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • José María Gatica
      Argentine boxer, 1925–1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gatica

    Gatica has the Soundex code G320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gatica?
    2,678 people in the United States had the surname Gatica in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,290 Americans. It ranked 11,704th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gatica?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gatica identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gatica?
    José María Gatica, Argentine boxer.
    Where is the surname Gatica most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gatica in Argentina.
    Is the surname Gatica getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,678 in 2010, up 70%.