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    The surname Gilhooly

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 592 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G440

    Gilhooly: #37,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gilhooly #37,591, 592 people Gilhooly: #37,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gilhooly #37,591, 592 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilhooly is more common than 76.8% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ghuala (“son of the gluttonous lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and guala (“gullet, gut”).

    Gilhooly is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 592 people named Gilhooly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 521,530 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 507.

    #37,591
    rank among US surnames
    592
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.8%
    change since 2000 (was #40,622)

    Who is named Gilhooly

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Gilhooly identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Gilhooley
    • Gillooly

    Gilhooly has the Soundex code G440, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G440.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gilhooly come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Ghuala (“son of the gluttonous lad”), from giolla (“boy, lad”) and guala (“gullet, gut”).
    How common is the surname Gilhooly?
    592 people in the United States had the surname Gilhooly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 521,530 Americans. It ranked 37,591st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gilhooly?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gilhooly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Gilhooly?
    Gilhooly is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Gilhooly getting more or less common?
    More common. 507 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 592 in 2010, up 17%.
    What are other spellings of Gilhooly?
    Gilhooley and Gillooly.