How common is the surname Gatt?

540 people in the United States had the surname Gatt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. It ranked 40,494th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gatt?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gatt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gatt?

Josh Gatt, American soccer player, followed by Juri Gatt.

Where is the surname Gatt most common?

Wikidata records people named Gatt in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Gatt getting more or less common?

Less common. 554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 540 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Gatt

A surname, carried by 540 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gatt is more common than 75% of them.

Origin

Various origins: * A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname. * Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”). * Borrowed from Maltese Gatt, which could derive from Italian gatto (“cat”) or be a short form of the personal name Agatha.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 540 people named Gatt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 554.

#40,494

rank among US surnames

540

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #37,728)

Who is named Gatt

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

91% of people named Gatt identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gatts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josh Gatt
American soccer player, born 1991
Juri Gatt
Austrian luger (born 2001)

Notable Gatts come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gatt

Gatt has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

Questions

Where does the surname Gatt come from?: Various origins: * A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname. * Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”). * Borrowed from Maltese Gatt, which could derive from Italian gatto (“cat”) or be…
How common is the surname Gatt?: 540 people in the United States had the surname Gatt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. It ranked 40,494th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gatt?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gatt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gatt?: Josh Gatt, American soccer player, followed by Juri Gatt.
Where is the surname Gatt most common?: Wikidata records people named Gatt in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Gatt getting more or less common?: Less common. 554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 540 in 2010, down 2.5%.