How common is the surname Gwyn?

2,297 people in the United States had the surname Gwyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,413 Americans. It ranked 13,278th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Gwyn?

Gwyn is /ɡwɪn/, one syllable.

Is the surname Gwyn getting more or less common?

More common. 2,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,297 in 2010, up 4.6%.

Is Gwyn also a first name?

Yes. Gwyn is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Gwyn

A Welsh surname, carried by 2,297 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡwɪn/ 1 syllable Soundex G500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gwyn is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

From Welsh gwyn.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,297 people named Gwyn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,413 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,195.

#13,278

rank among US surnames

2,297

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,851)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,271	Rodden	2,298	134,354
#13,278	Balser	2,297	134,413
#13,283	Chaput	2,296	134,471

Who is named Gwyn

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

71% of people named Gwyn identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Gwyn

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

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gwyn come from?: From Welsh gwyn.
How common is the surname Gwyn?: 2,297 people in the United States had the surname Gwyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,413 Americans. It ranked 13,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gwyn?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Gwyn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Gwyn?: Gwyn is /ɡwɪn/, one syllable.
Is the surname Gwyn getting more or less common?: More common. 2,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,297 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Gwyn?: Gwynn and Gwynne.
Is Gwyn also a first name?: Yes. Gwyn is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.