How common is the surname Gust?

3,362 people in the United States had the surname Gust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. It ranked 9,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gust?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Gust getting more or less common?

More common. 3,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,362 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Gust

A surname, carried by 3,362 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gust is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Of Old Norse origin, from Gustav.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,362 people named Gust in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,323.

#9,652

rank among US surnames

3,362

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,046)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,643	Azar	3,365	91,752
#9,646	Bash	3,364	91,779
#9,648	Rode	3,363	91,807
#9,652	Pecoraro	3,362	91,834
#9,658	Durrett	3,361	91,861
#9,661	Hellman	3,360	91,889

Who is named Gust

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

93% of people named Gust identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gust

Gust has the Soundex code G230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G230.

Questions

Where does the surname Gust come from?: Of Old Norse origin, from Gustav.
How common is the surname Gust?: 3,362 people in the United States had the surname Gust in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,834 Americans. It ranked 9,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gust?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gust identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Gust getting more or less common?: More common. 3,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,362 in 2010, up 1.2%.