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    The surname Gault

    A French surname, carried by 6,360 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G430

    Gault: #5,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gault #5,468, 6,360 people Gault: #5,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gault #5,468, 6,360 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gault is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    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.

    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 6,360 people named Gault in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,545 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,197.

    #5,468
    rank among US surnames
    6,360
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,183)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,459Fike6,37448,438
    #5,460Soule6,37248,453
    #5,462Felipe6,37048,469
    #5,463Perrone6,36848,484
    #5,464Albarran6,36648,499
    #5,465Kempf6,36448,514
    #5,466Wingfield6,36248,530

    Who is named Gault

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

    88% of people named Gault identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gaults

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Willie Gault
      American hurdler, sprinter and football player, born 1960
    • Scott Gault
      American rower, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gault

    Gault has the Soundex code G430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G430.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gault come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Gault?
    6,360 people in the United States had the surname Gault in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,545 Americans. It ranked 5,468th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gault?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Gault identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gault?
    Willie Gault, American hurdler, sprinter and football player, followed by Scott Gault.
    Where is the surname Gault most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gault in the United States.
    Is the surname Gault getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,360 in 2010, up 2.6%.