# Gault (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gault/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,360 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,468 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,545 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (6,197 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

In some cases, from Middle English galt(e) (“boar”), from or related to Old Norse gǫltr. In other cases, from Old French gaut (“woods”) (as in placenames like Le Gault), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gault in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gault in the United States.

## People named Gault

- Willie Gault, American hurdler, sprinter and football player
- Scott Gault, American rower

## Similar surnames

Goulet, Galati, Gulati, Gould, Gold, Gillette, Gillett, Guillot, Gullett, Guild, Gildea, Glatt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.