How common is the surname Gayheart?

1,449 people in the United States had the surname Gayheart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,075 Americans. It ranked 18,867th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gayheart?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gayheart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gayheart?

Rebecca Gayheart, American actress.

Where is the surname Gayheart most common?

Wikidata records people named Gayheart in the United States.

Is the surname Gayheart getting more or less common?

More common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,449 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Gayheart

A German surname, carried by 1,449 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gayheart is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Thought to be a corruption of the German Gerhardt or a calque of the French Jolicoeur.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,449 people named Gayheart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,075 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,362.

#18,867

rank among US surnames

1,449

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,645)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,858	Zagorski	1,450	212,928
#18,867	Balistreri	1,449	213,075

Who is named Gayheart

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

97% of people named Gayheart identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gayhearts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rebecca Gayheart
American actress, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gayheart

Gayhart

Gayheart has the Soundex code G630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G630.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gayheart come from?: Thought to be a corruption of the German Gerhardt or a calque of the French Jolicoeur.
How common is the surname Gayheart?: 1,449 people in the United States had the surname Gayheart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,075 Americans. It ranked 18,867th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gayheart?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gayheart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gayheart?: Rebecca Gayheart, American actress.
Where is the surname Gayheart most common?: Wikidata records people named Gayheart in the United States.
Is the surname Gayheart getting more or less common?: More common. 1,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,449 in 2010, up 6.4%.