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    The surname Gettings

    A surname, carried by 1,266 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G352

    Gettings: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gettings #20,843, 1,266 people Gettings: #20,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gettings #20,843, 1,266 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gettings is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,266 people named Gettings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,189.

    #20,843
    rank among US surnames
    1,266
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #20,676)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,843Callaham1,266243,875
    #20,852Dickert1,265244,068

    Who is named Gettings

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

    92% of people named Gettings identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    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 Gettings

    Gettings 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 Gettings?
    1,266 people in the United States had the surname Gettings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,875 Americans. It ranked 20,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gettings?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gettings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gettings getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,266 in 2010, up 6.5%.