How common is the surname Gum?

2,479 people in the United States had the surname Gum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,544 Americans. It ranked 12,504th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gum?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Gum getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,479 in 2010, down 7.4%.

The surname Gum

A surname, carried by 2,479 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gum is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

* As an English and German surname, variant of Gumm. * As a north/Low German surname, from Old Saxon gumo (“man”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 甘 (gān) (Gan).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,479 people named Gum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,544 Americans. That is down 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,676.

#12,504

rank among US surnames

2,479

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-7.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,912)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,496	Justiniano	2,481	124,444
#12,500	Howey	2,480	124,494
#12,504	Gum	2,479	124,544
#12,510	Shain	2,478	124,595

Who is named Gum

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

89% of people named Gum identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gum

Gumm

Gum has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

Questions

Where does the surname Gum come from?: * As an English and German surname, variant of Gumm. * As a north/Low German surname, from Old Saxon gumo (“man”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 甘 (gān) (Gan).
How common is the surname Gum?: 2,479 people in the United States had the surname Gum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,544 Americans. It ranked 12,504th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gum?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Gum getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,479 in 2010, down 7.4%.