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    The surname Gordan

    A surname, carried by 2,453 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G635

    Gordan: #12,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gordan #12,616, 2,453 people Gordan: #12,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gordan #12,616, 2,453 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gordan is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,453 people named Gordan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,864 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,331.

    #12,616
    rank among US surnames
    2,453
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,248)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,607Lanford2,455125,762
    #12,613Durgin2,454125,813
    #12,616Gordan2,453125,864
    #12,622Hao2,452125,916

    Who is named Gordan

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

    56% of people named Gordan identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gordan

    Gordan has the Soundex code G635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gordan?
    2,453 people in the United States had the surname Gordan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,864 Americans. It ranked 12,616th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gordan?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Gordan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gordan getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,453 in 2010, up 5.2%.
    Is Gordan also a first name?
    Yes. Gordan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.