How common is the surname Gelinas?

2,565 people in the United States had the surname Gelinas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,369 Americans. It ranked 12,148th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gelinas?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gelinas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gelinas getting more or less common?

More common. 2,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,565 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Gelinas

A surname, carried by 2,565 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gelinas is more common than 92.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,565 people named Gelinas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,369 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,480.

#12,148

rank among US surnames

2,565

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,610)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,140	Tuten	2,566	120,322
#12,148	Rosato	2,565	120,369
#12,153	Buff	2,564	120,416
#12,156	Noack	2,563	120,463

Who is named Gelinas

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

94% of people named Gelinas identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gelinas

Gelinas has the Soundex code G452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G452.

Questions

How common is the surname Gelinas?: 2,565 people in the United States had the surname Gelinas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,369 Americans. It ranked 12,148th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gelinas?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gelinas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gelinas getting more or less common?: More common. 2,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,565 in 2010, up 3.4%.