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    The surname Gazaway

    A surname, carried by 1,557 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G200

    Gazaway: #17,951 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gazaway #17,951, 1,557 people Gazaway: #17,951 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gazaway #17,951, 1,557 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gazaway is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,557 people named Gazaway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,295 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,444.

    #17,951
    rank among US surnames
    1,557
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,942Navarette1,558198,168
    #17,951Tee1,557198,295
    #17,958Allbright1,556198,423

    Who is named Gazaway

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

    85% of people named Gazaway identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • 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 Gazaway

    Gazaway has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gazaway?
    1,557 people in the United States had the surname Gazaway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,295 Americans. It ranked 17,951st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gazaway?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Gazaway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gazaway getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,557 in 2010, up 7.8%.