The Gaya surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 196 people carried this name — #93,513 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 30% from 151 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 591 people named Gaya live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Gaya.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Gaya,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Gaya d. 1596
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Manuel Gaya i Tomàs 1851–1912 · writer
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Juan Antonio Gaya Tovar 1876–1936 · physician
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José Gaya Picón 1880–1936 · journalist
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Benito Gaya Nuño 1908–1953 · baccalaureate tenured teacher
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Ramón Gaya 1910–2005 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gaya.
- Gavin 14,061 · U.S. census
- Gawel 998 · U.S. census
- Gawlik 1,314 · U.S. census
- Gawron 961 · U.S. census
- Gawronski 1,080 · U.S. census
- Gay 32,025 · U.S. census
- Gayan 178 · U.S. census
- Gayda 353 · U.S. census
- Gaydon 283 · U.S. census
- Gaye 1,616 · U.S. census
- Gayer 1,365 · U.S. census
- Gayon 120 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gaya is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.