How common is the surname Gaut?

1,121 people in the United States had the surname Gaut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gaut getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Gaut

A surname, carried by 1,121 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaut is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

English and French surname, variant of Gault.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,121 people named Gaut in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,160.

#22,838

rank among US surnames

1,121

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,105)

Who is named Gaut

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

72% of people named Gaut identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gaut

Gaut has the Soundex code G300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G300.

Questions

Where does the surname Gaut come from?: English and French surname, variant of Gault.
How common is the surname Gaut?: 1,121 people in the United States had the surname Gaut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,420 Americans. It ranked 22,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gaut?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Gaut identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gaut getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,121 in 2010, down 3.4%.