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    The surname Gayden

    A surname, carried by 1,562 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G350

    Gayden: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gayden #17,896, 1,562 people Gayden: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gayden #17,896, 1,562 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gayden is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,562 people named Gayden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,331.

    #17,896
    rank among US surnames
    1,562
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,953)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,888Bergren1,563197,534
    #17,896Petras1,562197,660

    Who is named Gayden

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

    81% of people named Gayden identified as Black (not Hispanic), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gayden

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gayden?
    1,562 people in the United States had the surname Gayden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. It ranked 17,896th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gayden?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Gayden identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gayden getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,562 in 2010, up 17%.