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    The surname Gorrell

    A surname, carried by 3,309 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G640

    Gorrell: #9,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gorrell #9,786, 3,309 people Gorrell: #9,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gorrell #9,786, 3,309 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gorrell is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,309 people named Gorrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,305 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,171.

    #9,786
    rank among US surnames
    3,309
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,410)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,780Polak3,31393,192
    #9,783Stagg3,31293,220
    #9,784Yowell3,31193,248
    #9,786Loughlin3,30993,305
    #9,788Chico3,30893,333

    Who is named Gorrell

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

    89% of people named Gorrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gorrell

    Gorrell has the Soundex code G640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gorrell?
    3,309 people in the United States had the surname Gorrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,305 Americans. It ranked 9,786th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gorrell?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gorrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gorrell getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,309 in 2010, up 4.4%.