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The surname Gaudet

A French surname, carried by 4,814 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G330

Gaudet: #6,969 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gaudet #6,969, 4,814 people Gaudet: #6,969 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gaudet #6,969, 4,814 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaudet is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Gaudet.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,814 people named Gaudet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,135 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,597.

#6,969
rank among US surnames
4,814
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4.7%
change since 2000 (was #6,757)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,961Dull4,81864,082
#6,965Sigala4,81764,095
#6,968Peach4,81564,122
#6,969Neighbors4,81464,135
#6,971Dones4,81364,148
#6,973McComas4,81264,162

Who is named Gaudet

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

94% of people named Gaudet identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaudet

Gaudet has the Soundex code G330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G330.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gaudet come from?
Borrowed from French Gaudet.
How common is the surname Gaudet?
4,814 people in the United States had the surname Gaudet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,135 Americans. It ranked 6,969th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaudet?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gaudet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gaudet getting more or less common?
More common. 4,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,814 in 2010, up 4.7%.