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    The surname Ghent

    A surname, carried by 1,302 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G530

    Ghent: #20,408 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ghent #20,408, 1,302 people Ghent: #20,408 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ghent #20,408, 1,302 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ghent is more common than 87.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,302 people named Ghent in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,258.

    #20,408
    rank among US surnames
    1,302
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,797)

    Who is named Ghent

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

    73% of people named Ghent identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    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 Ghent

    Ghent has the Soundex code G530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ghent?
    1,302 people in the United States had the surname Ghent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. It ranked 20,408th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ghent?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Ghent identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ghent getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,302 in 2010, up 3.5%.