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    The surname Gettinger

    A surname, carried by 1,471 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G352

    Gettinger: #18,685 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gettinger #18,685, 1,471 people Gettinger: #18,685 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gettinger #18,685, 1,471 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gettinger is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,471 people named Gettinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,888 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 844.

    #18,685
    rank among US surnames
    1,471
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +74.3%
    change since 2000 (was #27,009)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,676Purpura1,472209,746
    #18,685Gettinger1,471209,888
    #18,694Klose1,470210,031

    Who is named Gettinger

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

    97% of people named Gettinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gettinger

    Gettinger has the Soundex code G352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G352.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gettinger?
    1,471 people in the United States had the surname Gettinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,888 Americans. It ranked 18,685th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gettinger?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gettinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gettinger getting more or less common?
    More common. 844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,471 in 2010, up 74%.