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    The surname Gazda

    A Polish occupational surname, carried by 1,113 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G230

    Gazda: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gazda #22,978, 1,113 people Gazda: #22,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gazda #22,978, 1,113 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gazda is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish, Czech and Slovak Gazda, all from gazda (“farmer”).

    Gazda is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,113 people named Gazda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,062.

    #22,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,113
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #22,591)

    Who is named Gazda

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

    97% of people named Gazda identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gazda come from?
    Borrowed from Polish, Czech and Slovak Gazda, all from gazda (“farmer”).
    How common is the surname Gazda?
    1,113 people in the United States had the surname Gazda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,399 Americans. It ranked 22,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gazda?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gazda identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Gazda?
    Gazda is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Gazda getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,113 in 2010, up 4.8%.