Last Name GORDON

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Meaning	A round hill; from gour, round, and dun, a hill. The family are descended from Adam Gordon, Lord of Gordon in Berwickshire, and of Strathbogy, in Aberdeenshire. 'Gurtduine', a fierce man; 'Gwrddyn,' Welsh, a strong man; 'Cawrdyn,' Welsh, a hero, a giant. Some have derived the Gordons from 'Gordinia,' in Thessaly; others say they are descendants of the Gorduni mentioned by Cassar in his Commentaries. The name appears to be local, and may be derived from a town in France of that name, in the Department of Lot. It signifies in Gaelic the round hill, or the hill that surrounds, from 'Gour,' round, and 'dun,' a hill or fort.

Origin	Scottish, Gaelic, Jewish, Spanish, Polish, Irish, Samoan, Falkland, Maltese, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian

Rank	151 (2000 US census)	143 (1990 US census)

Count	154,934 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

67.75%, or 104968 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
27.22%, or 42173 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 697 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.69%, or 1069 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.89%, or 2928 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2%, or 3099 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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