# Gist (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gist/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,422 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,419 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,076 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (6,126 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gist in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gist in the United States.

## People named Gist

- James Gist, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Robert Gist, American actor and director (1917-1998)
- Christopher Gist, British explorer (1706–1759)
- Carole Gist, American model

## Similar surnames

Geist, Giusti, Gast, Gust, Gossett, Guest, Gazda, Gassett.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.