How Many People Have the Last Name Gay?
people had the surname Gay in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 9,208 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
−647 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Gay (70.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 22.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Gay ranks #814. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 73.8% to 70.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Gay fell from 32,672 people in 2000 to 32,025 in 2010 (down 2%), and its rank fell from #974 to #1,094.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 32,672 | 32,025 |
| Rank | #974 | #1,094 |
| Per 100,000 people | 12.11 | 10.86 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Gay
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Gay: G000
👤 Gay as a First Name
Gay is a first name too: about 11,527 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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