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    The surname Gauger

    A surname, carried by 2,374 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G260

    Gauger: #12,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gauger #12,941, 2,374 people Gauger: #12,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gauger #12,941, 2,374 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gauger 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 2,374 people named Gauger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,053 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,299.

    #12,941
    rank among US surnames
    2,374
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,389)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998
    #12,941Ladue2,374130,053
    #12,944Steffey2,373130,108
    #12,948Letson2,372130,163

    Who is named Gauger

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

    96% of people named Gauger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gauger

    Gauger has the Soundex code G260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gauger?
    2,374 people in the United States had the surname Gauger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,053 Americans. It ranked 12,941st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gauger?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gauger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gauger getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,374 in 2010, up 3.3%.