How common is the surname Gayton?

2,557 people in the United States had the surname Gayton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,745 Americans. It ranked 12,186th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gayton?

In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Gayton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Gayton?

Gayton is /ˈɡeɪ.tən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gayton getting more or less common?

More common. 2,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,557 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Gayton

A surname, carried by 2,557 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡeɪ.tən/ 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). Gayton is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,557 people named Gayton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,745 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,366.

#12,186

rank among US surnames

2,557

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,096)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,180	Frerichs	2,559	120,651
#12,182	Kollman	2,558	120,698
#12,186	Gayton	2,557	120,745
#12,188	Alldredge	2,556	120,792
#12,192	Vento	2,555	120,840

Who is named Gayton

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

44% of people named Gayton identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 44%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.7%
Two or more races 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gayton

Gayton 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 Gayton?: 2,557 people in the United States had the surname Gayton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,745 Americans. It ranked 12,186th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gayton?: In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Gayton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Gayton?: Gayton is /ˈɡeɪ.tən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Gayton getting more or less common?: More common. 2,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,557 in 2010, up 8.1%.