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    The surname Gholston

    A surname, carried by 2,375 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G423

    Gholston: #12,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gholston #12,935, 2,375 people Gholston: #12,935 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gholston #12,935, 2,375 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gholston is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,375 people named Gholston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,998 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,292.

    #12,935
    rank among US surnames
    2,375
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,418)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
    #12,929Hause2,377129,889
    #12,931Sanson2,376129,943
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998
    #12,941Ladue2,374130,053
    #12,944Steffey2,373130,108

    Who is named Gholston

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

    78% of people named Gholston identified as Black (not Hispanic), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 78%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gholston

    Gholston has the Soundex code G423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G423.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gholston?
    2,375 people in the United States had the surname Gholston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,998 Americans. It ranked 12,935th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gholston?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Gholston identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gholston getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,375 in 2010, up 3.6%.