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    The surname Gethers

    A surname, carried by 1,314 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G362

    Gethers: #20,248 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gethers #20,248, 1,314 people Gethers: #20,248 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gethers #20,248, 1,314 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gethers is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    Unidentified.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,314 people named Gethers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,966 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,172.

    #20,248
    rank among US surnames
    1,314
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,923)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,239Arista1,315234,787
    #20,248Gethers1,314234,966

    Who is named Gethers

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

    80% of people named Gethers identified as Black (not Hispanic), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gethers

    Gethers has the Soundex code G362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G362.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gethers come from?
    Unidentified.
    How common is the surname Gethers?
    1,314 people in the United States had the surname Gethers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,966 Americans. It ranked 20,248th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gethers?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Gethers identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gethers getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,172 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,314 in 2010, up 12%.