How common is the surname Gwaltney?

2,997 people in the United States had the surname Gwaltney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,018 Americans. It ranked 10,671st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gwaltney getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,997 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Gwaltney

A surname, carried by 2,997 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gwaltney is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,997 people named Gwaltney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,018 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,059.

#10,671

rank among US surnames

2,997

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #9,752)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,662	Bogdan	3,001	102,881
#10,663	Nee	3,000	102,915
#10,668	Troupe	2,999	102,949
#10,671	Bolivar	2,997	103,018
#10,675	Patin	2,996	103,053
#10,678	Lian	2,995	103,087
#10,679	Ruffner	2,994	103,121

Who is named Gwaltney

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

87% of people named Gwaltney identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gwaltney

Gladney

Gwaltney has the Soundex code G435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G435.

Questions

How common is the surname Gwaltney?: 2,997 people in the United States had the surname Gwaltney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,018 Americans. It ranked 10,671st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gwaltney?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Gwaltney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gwaltney getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,997 in 2010, down 2.0%.