How common is the surname Gatton?

1,871 people in the United States had the surname Gatton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. It ranked 15,615th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gatton?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gatton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gatton?

Danny Gatton, American guitarist (1945–1994).

Where is the surname Gatton most common?

Wikidata records people named Gatton in the United States.

Is the surname Gatton getting more or less common?

More common. 1,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,871 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Gatton

A place surname, carried by 1,871 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gatton is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Habitational surname for someone from Gatton, Surrey, from Old English gāt (“goat”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Gatton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,871 people named Gatton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,799.

#15,615

rank among US surnames

1,871

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #15,046)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,606	Pines	1,873	164,840
#15,611	Giesler	1,872	164,928
#15,615	Stockstill	1,871	165,016

Who is named Gatton

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

92% of people named Gatton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gattons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Danny Gatton
American guitarist (1945–1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Gatten

Surnames that sound like Gatton

Gatton has the Soundex code G350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G350.

Questions

Where does the surname Gatton come from?: Habitational surname for someone from Gatton, Surrey, from Old English gāt (“goat”) + tūn (“settlement”).
How common is the surname Gatton?: 1,871 people in the United States had the surname Gatton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,016 Americans. It ranked 15,615th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gatton?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gatton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gatton?: Danny Gatton, American guitarist (1945–1994).
Where is the surname Gatton most common?: Wikidata records people named Gatton in the United States.
What type of surname is Gatton?: Gatton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Gatton getting more or less common?: More common. 1,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,871 in 2010, up 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Gatton?: Gatten.