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The GADSBY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 572 36807 0 2
United States (1880 census) 124 27237 0 2
Change since 1880 +448 -9570 +N/A 0
Other Countries
Australia 337 4674 0.002 21
United Kingdom 1,622 3510 0.004 35
Top States for GADSBY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 101 12687 0.001 8
California 69 28285 0.000 2
Massachusetts 55 12283 0.001 9
New York 41 37955 0.000 2
Florida 30 42098 0.000 2
Top States for GADSBY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Delaware 12 9400 0.002 15
Idaho 14 10492 0.001 11
New Hampshire 13 9956 0.001 11
Massachusetts 55 12283 0.001 9
Pennsylvania 101 12687 0.001 8

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

Classification and Origin of GADSBY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GADSBY 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 GADSBY 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 GADSBY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 530 92.66
Black/African American 27 4.72
Mixed Race 11 1.92
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 0
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of GADSBY in historical publications

(origin: Dan.) From gade, a street, and by, a town, i. e., street-town; or the gate-town, if Webster is correct in giving gade the Danish for gate.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


GADSBY. Gaddesby, a parish in co.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to GADSBY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GADSBY.

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 GADSBY

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