How common is the surname Gilroy?

3,910 people in the United States had the surname Gilroy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,963 Americans. It ranked 8,449th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gilroy?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gilroy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gilroy?

Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director (born 1956), followed by Dan Gilroy.

Where is the surname Gilroy most common?

Wikidata records people named Gilroy in the United States.

Is the surname Gilroy getting more or less common?

More common. 3,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,910 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Gilroy

An Irish occupational surname, carried by 3,910 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gilroy is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Middle English Gilry, from Irish Giolla rua (“servant of the red-haired lad”).

Gilroy is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 3,910 people named Gilroy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,963 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,797.

#8,449

rank among US surnames

3,910

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #8,053)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,443	Bergquist	3,912	78,923
#8,446	Springs	3,911	78,943
#8,449	Morano	3,910	78,963
#8,453	Pollak	3,908	79,003
#8,455	Edson	3,906	79,044
#8,456	Gilreath	3,905	79,064
#8,458	Danna	3,904	79,084

Who is named Gilroy

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

92% of people named Gilroy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gilroys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Gilroy
American screenwriter and director (born 1956)
Dan Gilroy
American screenwriter, born 1959
Frank D. Gilroy
American playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director (1925–2015)
Matt Gilroy
American ice hockey player, born 1984
Thomas Francis Gilroy
89th Mayor of New York City (from 1893 to 1894)
John Gilroy
American film editor (1959-)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Gildroy

Surnames that sound like Gilroy

Guillory

Gilroy has the Soundex code G460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G460.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gilroy come from?: From Middle English Gilry, from Irish Giolla rua (“servant of the red-haired lad”).
How common is the surname Gilroy?: 3,910 people in the United States had the surname Gilroy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,963 Americans. It ranked 8,449th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gilroy?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gilroy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gilroy?: Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director (born 1956), followed by Dan Gilroy.
Where is the surname Gilroy most common?: Wikidata records people named Gilroy in the United States.
What type of surname is Gilroy?: Gilroy is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Gilroy getting more or less common?: More common. 3,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,910 in 2010, up 3.0%.
What are other spellings of Gilroy?: Gildroy.