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    The surname Gaul

    A surname, carried by 4,650 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G400

    Gaul: #7,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gaul #7,189, 4,650 people Gaul: #7,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gaul #7,189, 4,650 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaul is more common than 95.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,650 people named Gaul in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,397 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,493.

    #7,189
    rank among US surnames
    4,650
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #6,892)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,183Lower4,65366,354
    #7,184Hulett4,65266,368
    #7,187Maley4,65166,383
    #7,189Gaul4,65066,397

    Who is named Gaul

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

    92% of people named Gaul identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gauls

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gilbert Gaul
      American painter (1855-1919)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gaul

    Gaul has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gaul?
    4,650 people in the United States had the surname Gaul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,397 Americans. It ranked 7,189th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gaul?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gaul identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gaul?
    Gilbert Gaul, American painter (1855-1919).
    Where is the surname Gaul most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gaul in the United States.
    Is the surname Gaul getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,650 in 2010, up 3.5%.