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    The surname Gatson

    A surname, carried by 2,373 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G325

    Gatson: #12,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gatson #12,944, 2,373 people Gatson: #12,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gatson #12,944, 2,373 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gatson is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,373 people named Gatson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,108 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,036.

    #12,944
    rank among US surnames
    2,373
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.6%
    change since 2000 (was #13,665)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998
    #12,941Ladue2,374130,053
    #12,944Steffey2,373130,108
    #12,948Letson2,372130,163
    #12,953Silverberg2,371130,217

    Who is named Gatson

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

    83% of people named Gatson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gatson

    Gatson has the Soundex code G325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G325.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gatson?
    2,373 people in the United States had the surname Gatson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,108 Americans. It ranked 12,944th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gatson?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Gatson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gatson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,373 in 2010, up 17%.