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    The surname Gettys

    A surname, carried by 1,483 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G320

    Gettys: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gettys #18,584, 1,483 people Gettys: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gettys #18,584, 1,483 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gettys is more common than 88.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,483 people named Gettys in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,472.

    #18,584
    rank among US surnames
    1,483
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,596)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,579Shimabukuro1,484208,050
    #18,584Bollin1,483208,190

    Who is named Gettys

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

    85% of people named Gettys identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gettyss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jim Gettys
      American computer programmer, born 1953

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gettys

    Gettys has the Soundex code G320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gettys?
    1,483 people in the United States had the surname Gettys in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. It ranked 18,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gettys?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Gettys identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gettys?
    Jim Gettys, American computer programmer.
    Where is the surname Gettys most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gettys in the United States.
    Is the surname Gettys getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,483 in 2010, up 0.7%.