Gonzaga

2,993 people in the United States were counted with the surname Gonzaga in the 2020 census, making it the 10,244th most common in the country. That is about one person in 99,900.

By the numbers

People: 2,993
Rank: 10,244th
How common: 1 in 99,900
Per 100,000: 1.0

Where the name comes from

From roa (Portuguese Gonzaga Spanish Gonzaga, Italian Gonzaga) and phi (ceb Gonzaga, tl Gonzaga). Originally from Italian Gonzaga, the name of the ruling family of Mantua. This surname is now predominantly found in Brazil. The Portuguese and Philippine name originates from Spanish. The Spanish name originates from Italian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Gonzaga described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 47.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 36.1%
White, not Hispanic 11.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.7%
Black, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Gonzaga

Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591)Italian aristocrat and Jesuit seminarian and saint
Vincenzo Gonzaga (1562–1612)Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Eleonora Gonzaga (1628–1686)Austrian queen
Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611–1667)Queen of Poland
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466–1519)ruler of the Italian city of Mantua
Eleonora Gonzaga (1598–1655)Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia and Empress Consort of Holy Roman Empire
Guglielmo Gonzaga (1538–1587)Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500–1540)Marquis and later first Duke of Mantua

People named Gonzaga with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Gonzaga

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.