How common is the surname Gean?

1,193 people in the United States had the surname Gean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gean getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, down 7.7%.

The surname Gean

A surname, carried by 1,193 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gean is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Géibhinn, related to Mac Géibheannaigh, from géibheannach (“fettered”), from géibheann (“fetter”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Gien, shortened from Heinrich.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,193 people named Gean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. That is down 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,293.

#21,790

rank among US surnames

1,193

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-7.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,376)

Who is named Gean

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

72% of people named Gean identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gean

Gean has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

Questions

Where does the surname Gean come from?: * As an Irish surname, from Ó Géibhinn, related to Mac Géibheannaigh, from géibheannach (“fettered”), from géibheann (“fetter”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Gien, shortened from Heinrich.
How common is the surname Gean?: 1,193 people in the United States had the surname Gean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gean?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Gean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gean getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, down 7.7%.