The surname Gurganus
A surname, carried by 1,966 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex G625
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,966 people named Gurganus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,042 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,882.
#15,020
rank among US surnames
1,966
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+4.5%
change since 2000 (was #14,521)
Who is named Gurganus
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Gurganus identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Gurganus
Gurganus has the Soundex code G625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G625.
Questions
- How common is the surname Gurganus?
- 1,966 people in the United States had the surname Gurganus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,042 Americans. It ranked 15,020th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gurganus?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gurganus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Gurganus getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,882 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,966 in 2010, up 4.5%.