How common is the surname Gonsalves?

8,494 people in the United States had the surname Gonsalves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,349 Americans. It ranked 4,173rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gonsalves?

In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Gonsalves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gonsalves?

Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (1908-1977), followed by Paul Gonsalves.

Where is the surname Gonsalves most common?

Wikidata records people named Gonsalves in the United States.

Is the surname Gonsalves getting more or less common?

More common. 7,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,494 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Gonsalves

A surname, carried by 8,494 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). Gonsalves is more common than 97.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,494 people named Gonsalves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,349 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,690.

#4,173

rank among US surnames

8,494

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,265)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,164	Schulze	8,509	36,285
#4,165	Shumaker	8,508	36,289
#4,167	Bontrager	8,507	36,293
#4,168	Hargis	8,503	36,310
#4,169	Siddiqui	8,502	36,314
#4,171	Paine	8,501	36,319
#4,172	Barboza	8,497	36,336

Who is named Gonsalves

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

60% of people named Gonsalves identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.9%
Two or more races 7.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gonsalvess

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Billy Gonsalves
American soccer player (1908-1977)
Paul Gonsalves
American jazz tenor saxophonist (1920–1974)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gonsalves

Gonsalves 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 Gonsalves?: 8,494 people in the United States had the surname Gonsalves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,349 Americans. It ranked 4,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gonsalves?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Gonsalves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gonsalves?: Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (1908-1977), followed by Paul Gonsalves.
Where is the surname Gonsalves most common?: Wikidata records people named Gonsalves in the United States.
Is the surname Gonsalves getting more or less common?: More common. 7,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,494 in 2010, up 11%.