How common is the surname Gaunt?

2,604 people in the United States had the surname Gaunt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,566 Americans. It ranked 11,993rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gaunt?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gaunt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gaunt getting more or less common?

More common. 2,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,604 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Gaunt

A surname, carried by 2,604 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaunt is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Gant.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,604 people named Gaunt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,566 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,463.

#11,993

rank among US surnames

2,604

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,671)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,984	Laclair	2,606	118,475
#11,988	Burchard	2,605	118,520
#11,993	Chubb	2,604	118,566
#11,998	Byram	2,603	118,611

Who is named Gaunt

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

91% of people named Gaunt identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaunt

Gaunt has the Soundex code G530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G530.

Questions

Where does the surname Gaunt come from?: English surname, variant of Gant.
How common is the surname Gaunt?: 2,604 people in the United States had the surname Gaunt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,566 Americans. It ranked 11,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaunt?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gaunt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gaunt getting more or less common?: More common. 2,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,604 in 2010, up 5.7%.