About the Gaitan Surname

Spelled Gaitan, the surname still points back to Gaytán. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Gaitán / Gaytán”. Records show Gaitan as one of the forms Gaytán took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The 2010 US Census counted 7,702 people named Gaitan, ranking it number 4,606 among American surnames. Hispanic and Latino Americans made up 90% of the total. Spanish register data show 3,952 residents carrying Gaitan as first surname, and 3,859 as second surname.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Gaitan, so the heraldry linked to Gaytán is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Gaitan family name pack.