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The surname Gauvin

A surname, carried by 2,223 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G150

Gauvin: #13,625 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gauvin #13,625, 2,223 people Gauvin: #13,625 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gauvin #13,625, 2,223 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gauvin is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,223 people named Gauvin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,887 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,120.

#13,625
rank among US surnames
2,223
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+4.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,207)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,616Wootton2,225138,762
#13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
#13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
#13,627Shum2,222138,949

Who is named Gauvin

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

92% of people named Gauvin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gauvin

Gauvin has the Soundex code G150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G150.

Questions

How common is the surname Gauvin?
2,223 people in the United States had the surname Gauvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,887 Americans. It ranked 13,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gauvin?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gauvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gauvin getting more or less common?
More common. 2,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,223 in 2010, up 4.9%.