How Many People Have the Last Name Gaston?

19,502

people had the surname Gaston in the 2010 US Census

About 1 in 15,129 people in the Census had this surname

Source: Census Bureau surname list

Surname Rank

#1,837

Of 162,253 surnames

Per 100,000 People

6.61

In 2010

Largest Group

49.3%

White

Change Since 2000

+6.3%

+1,154 people

👥 Race and Hispanic Origin

No single group makes up most people with the surname Gaston: 49.3% are non-Hispanic White and 41.2% are non-Hispanic Black. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 53.9% to 49.3%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 39% to 41.2%.

White 49.3%
Black 41.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino 5.7%

📈 Change Since 2000

Gaston grew from 18,348 people in 2000 to 19,502 in 2010 (up 6.3%), and its rank fell from #1,797 to #1,837. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 6.8 to 6.61 people per 100,000.

20002010
People18,34819,502
Rank#1,797#1,837
Per 100,000 people6.86.61

🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Gaston

RankSurnamePeople in 2010
#1,834Gifford19,514
#1,835Oliva19,513
#1,836Layton19,504
#1,837Gaston19,502
#1,838Goodrich19,487
#1,839Prater19,484
#1,840Burger19,480

🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike

Same Soundex code as Gaston: G235

👤 Gaston as a First Name

Gaston is a first name too: about 2,059 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.

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