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    The surname Gist

    A surname, carried by 6,422 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G230

    Gist: #5,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gist #5,419, 6,422 people Gist: #5,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gist #5,419, 6,422 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gist is more common than 96.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,422 people named Gist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,076 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,126.

    #5,419
    rank among US surnames
    6,422
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,234)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,410Groth6,43447,987
    #5,411Yepez6,43347,994
    #5,412Chevalier6,43148,009
    #5,413Ritz6,43048,016
    #5,414Fell6,42948,024
    #5,415Umana6,42648,046
    #5,417Theis6,42548,054

    Who is named Gist

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

    49% of people named Gist identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gists

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1969

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gist

    Gist has the Soundex code G230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gist?
    6,422 people in the United States had the surname Gist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,076 Americans. It ranked 5,419th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gist?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Gist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gist?
    James Gist, American basketball player (born 1986), followed by Robert Gist.
    Where is the surname Gist most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gist in the United States.
    Is the surname Gist getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,422 in 2010, up 4.8%.