How Many People Have the Last Name Gaye?
people had the surname Gaye in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 181,818 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 7 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+716 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Gaye (80.5%) are non-Hispanic Black. The next largest group, 15.8%, are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Gaye ranks #592. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 67% to 80.5%, and the non-Hispanic White share fell from 26.7% to 15.8%.
Withheld: too few people to publish.
📈 Change Since 2000
Gaye grew from 900 people in 2000 to 1,616 in 2010 (up 79.6%), and its rank rose from #25,724 to #17,447.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 900 | 1,616 |
| Rank | #25,724 | #17,447 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.33 | 0.55 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Gaye
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Gaye: G000
👤 Gaye as a First Name
Gaye is a first name too: about 4,011 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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