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    The surname Gaudin

    A French surname, carried by 1,194 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G350

    Gaudin: #21,774 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gaudin #21,774, 1,194 people Gaudin: #21,774 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gaudin #21,774, 1,194 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaudin is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Gaudin, from Old French gaudin (“of the woods”), from gaut (“woods”), from Frankish *walþu (“woods, woodland”).

    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 1,194 people named Gaudin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,581 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,145.

    #21,774
    rank among US surnames
    1,194
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,323)

    Who is named Gaudin

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

    74% of people named Gaudin identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gaudin

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gaudin come from?
    From French Gaudin, from Old French gaudin (“of the woods”), from gaut (“woods”), from Frankish *walþu (“woods, woodland”).
    How common is the surname Gaudin?
    1,194 people in the United States had the surname Gaudin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,581 Americans. It ranked 21,774th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gaudin?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Gaudin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gaudin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,194 in 2010, up 4.3%.