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    The surname Gwin

    A surname, carried by 4,781 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G500

    Gwin: #7,006 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gwin #7,006, 4,781 people Gwin: #7,006 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gwin #7,006, 4,781 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gwin is more common than 95.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,781 people named Gwin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,578 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,822.

    #7,006
    rank among US surnames
    4,781
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #6,491)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,001Fulk4,78564,524
    #7,004Southworth4,78364,551
    #7,005Sheehy4,78264,564
    #7,006Gwin4,78164,578
    #7,008Malek4,78064,591

    Who is named Gwin

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

    83% of people named Gwin identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gwins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William M. Gwin
      American politician (1805-1885)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gwin

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gwin?
    4,781 people in the United States had the surname Gwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,578 Americans. It ranked 7,006th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gwin?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Gwin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gwin?
    William M. Gwin, American politician (1805-1885).
    Where is the surname Gwin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gwin in the United States.
    Is the surname Gwin getting more or less common?
    Less common. 4,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,781 in 2010, down 0.9%.