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    The surname Gauna

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 3,012 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G500

    Gauna: #10,631 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gauna #10,631, 3,012 people Gauna: #10,631 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gauna #10,631, 3,012 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gauna is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Gauna, a habitational surname of Basque origin.

    Gauna is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,012 people named Gauna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,505 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,408.

    #10,631
    rank among US surnames
    3,012
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,903)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,626Leclerc3,014102,437
    #10,628Stefan3,013102,471
    #10,631Kula3,012102,505
    #10,636Schermerhorn3,011102,539
    #10,638Pearlman3,009102,607

    Who is named Gauna

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

    85% of people named Gauna identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gauna

    Gauna has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gauna come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Gauna, a habitational surname of Basque origin.
    How common is the surname Gauna?
    3,012 people in the United States had the surname Gauna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,505 Americans. It ranked 10,631st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gauna?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Gauna identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Gauna?
    Gauna is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Gauna getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,012 in 2010, up 25%.