How common is the surname Gonsalez?

5,495 people in the United States had the surname Gonsalez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,187 Americans. It ranked 6,225th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gonsalez getting more or less common?

More common. 4,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,495 in 2010, up 31%.

The surname Gonsalez

A Spanish surname, carried by 5,495 people in the United States.

3 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). Gonsalez is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish, variant of Gonzalez.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,495 people named Gonsalez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,187 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,184.

#6,225

rank among US surnames

5,495

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+31.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,220	Birdsong	5,498	56,156
#6,223	Osteen	5,497	56,166
#6,224	Sabin	5,496	56,176
#6,225	Gonsalez	5,495	56,187

Who is named Gonsalez

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

96% of people named Gonsalez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gonsalez

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gonsalez come from?: Gonsalez is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Gonsalez?: 5,495 people in the United States had the surname Gonsalez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,187 Americans. It ranked 6,225th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gonsalez?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gonsalez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gonsalez getting more or less common?: More common. 4,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,495 in 2010, up 31%.