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The GAW surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,753 15369 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 366 12297 0.001 7
Change since 1880 +1387 -3072 0 -1
Other Countries
Australia 80 17327 0 5
United Kingdom 478 9149 0.001 10
Top States for GAW by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Tennessee 296 2743 0.005 52
California 287 9366 0.001 8
Texas 117 13876 0.001 6
Indiana 100 7444 0.002 16
Florida 93 18395 0.001 6
Top States for GAW by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Tennessee 296 2743 0.005 52
New Hampshire 37 4615 0.003 30
Indiana 100 7444 0.002 16
Kentucky 63 6305 0.002 16
Massachusetts 89 9086 0.001 14

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

Classification and Origin of GAW

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

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

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 314 17.91
Black/African American 49 2.8
White (Hispanic) 27 1.54
Mixed Race 21 1.2
Native American/Alaskan 6 0.34
White (Caucasian) 1,336 76.21

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

Meaning of GAW in historical publications

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

Similar names to GAW

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GAW.

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 GAW

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