How common is the surname Gautam?

1,568 people in the United States had the surname Gautam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. It ranked 17,839th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gautam getting more or less common?

More common. 406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,568 in 2010, up 286%.

Is Gautam also a first name?

Yes. Gautam is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Gautam

A surname, carried by 1,568 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gautam is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

Transliteration of Sanskrit गौतम (gautama)

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,568 people named Gautam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. That is up 286% since 2000, when the Census counted 406.

#17,839

rank among US surnames

1,568

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+286.2%

change since 2000 (was #48,776)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,836	Shover	1,569	196,779
#17,839	Gautam	1,568	196,904

Who is named Gautam

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

95% of people named Gautam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gautam

Gautam has the Soundex code G350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G350.

Questions

Where does the surname Gautam come from?: Transliteration of Sanskrit गौतम (gautama)
How common is the surname Gautam?: 1,568 people in the United States had the surname Gautam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. It ranked 17,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gautam?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gautam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gautam getting more or less common?: More common. 406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,568 in 2010, up 286%.
Is Gautam also a first name?: Yes. Gautam is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.