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    The surname Gingras

    A French surname, carried by 2,642 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiŋɡɹəs/ 2 syllables Soundex G526

    Gingras: #11,846 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gingras #11,846, 2,642 people Gingras: #11,846 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gingras #11,846, 2,642 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gingras is more common than 92.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Gingras.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,642 people named Gingras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,861 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,567.

    #11,846
    rank among US surnames
    2,642
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,295)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,839Begin2,644116,772
    #11,843Demuth2,643116,816
    #11,846Nordin2,642116,861

    Who is named Gingras

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

    93% of people named Gingras identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gingras

    Gingras has the Soundex code G526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G526.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gingras come from?
    From French Gingras.
    How common is the surname Gingras?
    2,642 people in the United States had the surname Gingras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,861 Americans. It ranked 11,846th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gingras?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gingras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
    How do you pronounce Gingras?
    Gingras is /ˈd͡ʒiŋɡɹəs/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Gingras getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,642 in 2010, up 2.9%.