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    The surname Gump

    A surname, carried by 2,460 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G510

    Gump: #12,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gump #12,584, 2,460 people Gump: #12,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gump #12,584, 2,460 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gump 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 2,460 people named Gump in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,506 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,289.

    #12,584
    rank among US surnames
    2,460
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,437)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,576Hollman2,462125,404
    #12,581Storch2,461125,455
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506
    #12,587Leu2,459125,557
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608

    Who is named Gump

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

    94% of people named Gump identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gump?
    2,460 people in the United States had the surname Gump in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,506 Americans. It ranked 12,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gump?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gump identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Is the surname Gump getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,460 in 2010, up 7.5%.