Surname Checker / Gay
How Common Is the Last Name Gay?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Gay today
35,459
Ranked #1,094 of 162,254 published surnames · 10.86 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 32,025 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
70.72%
Black
22.51%
Asian / Pacific Islander
1.84%
Hispanic
2.32%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.