How common is the last name Gay?

29,878 people in the United States have the last name Gay, about 1 in 10,004. It ranks #1,153 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GAY

#1,153

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
29,878
About
1 in 10,004
This common or more
41.4%
Who bears it

Of the 29,878 people with the last name Gay, 67.3% reported their origin as White, 21.5% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Gay

#1,151 Cleveland · 29,935#1,152 Donahue · 29,903#1,154 Chu · 29,872#1,155 Beach · 29,830

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gay, most common first.

#1,596 Gao · 21,908#14,510 Gaye · 1,977#16,050 Gaw · 1,745#20,243 Gau · 1,329#36,294 Gai · 664#72,902 Gaa · 287#84,231 Ga · 240#87,019 Gayo · 230

Also a first name

As a first name, Gay ranks #2,229 of 53,615, with 11,736 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1959, with 692 births. See Gay as a first name

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