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    The surname Gaughan

    An Irish surname, carried by 3,423 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G250

    Gaughan: #9,496 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gaughan #9,496, 3,423 people Gaughan: #9,496 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gaughan #9,496, 3,423 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaughan is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gaoithin.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,423 people named Gaughan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,197 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,321.

    #9,496
    rank among US surnames
    3,423
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,050)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,491Rimmer3,42690,118
    #9,493Pickle3,42590,145
    #9,495Kettler3,42490,171
    #9,496Gaughan3,42390,197
    #9,501Beery3,42190,250
    #9,503Naugle3,42090,276

    Who is named Gaughan

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

    95% of people named Gaughan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • 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 Gaughan

    Gaughan has the Soundex code G250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G250.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gaughan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gaoithin.
    How common is the surname Gaughan?
    3,423 people in the United States had the surname Gaughan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,197 Americans. It ranked 9,496th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gaughan?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gaughan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gaughan getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,423 in 2010, up 3.1%.