Explore the Family Name Gayman

The meaning of Gayman

1. English: occupational name meaning ‘servant of a man named Gay’ (see Gay). 2. Americanized form of German Gaymann: variant of Gau 1, with the addition of -mann ‘man’. 3. Americanized form of Swiss German Gehmann (see Gehman). 4. Americanized form of French Guémann, itself probably an altered form of Swiss German Gehmann (see 3 above). The surname Guémann is very rare in France.

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How common is the last name Gayman in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Gayman has seen an increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname moved up from 26,717th place in 2000 to 26,549th place in 2010, a change of approximately 0.63%. In the same time frame, the count of individuals having this surname rose from 857 to 918, marking a growth of 7.12%. However, the proportion per 100k people dipped slightly by -3.12%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,717	#26,549	0.63%
Count	857	918	7.12%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.31	-3.12%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gayman

In terms of ethnicity, the Gayman surname has shown some shifting trends according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased by 29.03%, moving from 0.93% in 2000 to 1.20% in 2010. Those identifying as two or more races and American Indian and Alaskan Native saw a jump from 0% in 2000 to 0.76% and 0.98% in 2010 respectively. The white demographic remained largely steady at 93%, with a slight increase of 0.03%. Meanwhile, those identifying as Hispanic and Black experienced declines of -6.58% and -22.78% respectively over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93%	93.03%	0.03%
Black	3.38%	2.61%	-22.78%
Hispanic	1.52%	1.42%	-6.58%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.93%	1.2%	29.03%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.98%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0.76%	0%