How common is the surname Gaus?

1,243 people in the United States had the surname Gaus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gaus getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, down 4.3%.

The surname Gaus

A surname, carried by 1,243 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaus is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,243 people named Gaus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. That is down 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,299.

#21,119

rank among US surnames

1,243

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,302)

Who is named Gaus

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

94% of people named Gaus identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaus

Gaus has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Questions

How common is the surname Gaus?: 1,243 people in the United States had the surname Gaus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaus?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gaus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gaus getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, down 4.3%.