Gaiter is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gaiter
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Gaiter is a variation of the Gaudet. Descendant of little Gaud meaning "ruler".

See Gater - See Gate - From residence near either the gate of a fortified town, or of a chase, forest, or the like. Its medieval forms are Ate Gate and Atte Gate, which have since the XV century modified to Agate, Gater, and especially to Gates, now one of the commonest of surnames. In North Britain gate is equivalent to way; as in the phrase, "Gang your Gate" for "Go your way." See also Northgate, Southgate, etc. De la Gate, de Gate, and Le Gater, occur in the Hundred Rolls.

How popular is Gaiter?

Gaiter is common in United States, Australia.

Gaiter is ranked 313631 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gaiters grew by 26.25 per cent to 1140 since 2000 and ranked 22543 after elevating 3114 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 71.05 77.41
White 22.63 17.17
Others 3.51 3.32
Hispanic or Latino 1.49 1
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0
Gaiter is an uncommon last name, few people in United States and Australia have the family name. Around 1197 people have been found who wears Gaiter as their family name. Gaiter have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Gaiter:
35,004 United States906
12,478 Australia241
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
127,494 South Africa14
132,302 England13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
20,332 Scotland10

Immigrants to US

From Germany

21 years old farmer Ch. Gaiter who was residing in Switzerland migrated to USA on June 23, 1890 by La Normandie put out from Havre.

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