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    The surname Westgate

    A surname, carried by 1,909 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W232

    Westgate: #15,363 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Westgate #15,363, 1,909 people Westgate: #15,363 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Westgate #15,363, 1,909 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westgate is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,909 people named Westgate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,732 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,874.

    #15,363
    rank among US surnames
    1,909
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,570)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,355Lisi1,910161,647
    #15,363Delany1,909161,732
    #15,370Calo1,908161,816

    Who is named Westgate

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

    96% of people named Westgate identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Westgate

    Westgate has the Soundex code W232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W232.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Westgate?
    1,909 people in the United States had the surname Westgate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,732 Americans. It ranked 15,363rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Westgate?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Westgate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Westgate getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,874 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,909 in 2010, up 1.9%.