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    The surname Gholson

    A surname, carried by 2,410 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G425

    Gholson: #12,795 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gholson #12,795, 2,410 people Gholson: #12,795 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gholson #12,795, 2,410 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gholson is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,410 people named Gholson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,110 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,375.

    #12,795
    rank among US surnames
    2,410
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,058)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,789Sailor2,412128,004
    #12,794Scalzo2,411128,057
    #12,795Schueller2,410128,110
    #12,802Tanguay2,409128,163

    Who is named Gholson

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

    59% of people named Gholson identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gholson

    Gholson has the Soundex code G425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gholson?
    2,410 people in the United States had the surname Gholson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,110 Americans. It ranked 12,795th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gholson?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Gholson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gholson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,410 in 2010, up 1.5%.