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    The surname Gaytan

    A surname, carried by 14,647 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G350

    Gaytan: #2,460 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gaytan #2,460, 14,647 people Gaytan: #2,460 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gaytan #2,460, 14,647 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaytan is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,647 people named Gaytan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,079 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,164.

    #2,460
    rank among US surnames
    14,647
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,224)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,451Rudd14,73220,957
    #2,452Demarco14,73120,959
    #2,453Hummel14,71520,982
    #2,454Almanza14,70820,992
    #2,455Merchant14,69221,015
    #2,456Grubb14,67321,042
    #2,458Harman14,65821,063

    Who is named Gaytan

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

    96% of people named Gaytan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
    • Two or more races 0.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gaytan

    Gaytan 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 Gaytan?
    14,647 people in the United States had the surname Gaytan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,079 Americans. It ranked 2,460th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gaytan?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gaytan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gaytan getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,647 in 2010, up 44%.