How common is the surname Girgis?

1,797 people in the United States had the surname Girgis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Girgis?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Girgis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Girgis getting more or less common?

More common. 1,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, up 55%.

The surname Girgis

A surname, carried by 1,797 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Girgis is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,797 people named Girgis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,159.

#16,108

rank among US surnames

1,797

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+55%

change since 2000 (was #21,113)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,100	Coughlan	1,798	171,716
#16,108	Parshall	1,797	171,812

Who is named Girgis

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

92% of people named Girgis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Girgis

Guirguis

Girgis has the Soundex code G622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G622.

Questions

How common is the surname Girgis?: 1,797 people in the United States had the surname Girgis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Girgis?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Girgis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Girgis getting more or less common?: More common. 1,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, up 55%.