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The GAYTAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 10,164 3224 0.004 38
United States (1880 census) 12 84010 0 0
Change since 1880 +10152 +80786 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 1 36787 0 0
Top States for GAYTAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 3,450 1089 0.017 165
California 3,236 1499 0.010 96
Illinois 871 2170 0.007 70
Arizona 381 2368 0.007 74
Colorado 229 3603 0.005 53
Top States for GAYTAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 3,450 1089 0.017 165
California 3,236 1499 0.010 96
New Mexico 144 1737 0.008 79
Arizona 381 2368 0.007 74
Illinois 871 2170 0.007 70

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GAYTAN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GAYTAN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GAYTAN in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GAYTAN by picking someone at random in Texas than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GAYTAN

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GAYTAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GAYTAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GAYTAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 397 3.91
Asian/Pacific 32 0.31
Native American/Alaskan 23 0.23
Black/African American 22 0.22
Mixed Race 11 0.11
White (Hispanic) 9,679 95.23

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GAYTAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GAYTAN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GAYTAN.

Similar names to GAYTAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GAYTAN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GAYTAN

The following words are slight variants of GAYTAN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.