How common is the surname Gonsales?

2,861 people in the United States had the surname Gonsales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. It ranked 11,095th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gonsales getting more or less common?

More common. 2,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,861 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Gonsales

A surname, carried by 2,861 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gonsales is more common than 93.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,861 people named Gonsales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,407.

#11,095

rank among US surnames

2,861

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+18.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,910)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,086	Mauck	2,863	107,840
#11,092	Mounce	2,862	107,878
#11,095	Loewen	2,861	107,915
#11,099	Lasater	2,860	107,953
#11,101	Granda	2,859	107,991
#11,103	Dearborn	2,858	108,029
#11,104	Toman	2,857	108,066

Who is named Gonsales

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

91% of people named Gonsales identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gonsales

Gonsales has the Soundex code G524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G524.

Questions

How common is the surname Gonsales?: 2,861 people in the United States had the surname Gonsales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. It ranked 11,095th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gonsales?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gonsales identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gonsales getting more or less common?: More common. 2,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,861 in 2010, up 19%.