Last Name GASTON

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Meaning Local: Of Gascony, an early corrupted form of Gaskin or Gaskon.
Local: From Gastein, a town in Bavaria. Also a brave or valorous man, 'Gais,' Gaelic, bravery, valor, and 'duin,' a man.
Origin English, Spanish, Irish, Basque, Romanian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 1,797 (2000 US census) 1,323 (1990 US census)
Count 18,348 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 53.89%, or 9888 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 39.01%, or 7158 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.51%, or 94 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.35%, or 64 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.11%, or 387 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 4.13%, or 758 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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