How common is the surname Gourley?

5,934 people in the United States had the surname Gourley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,030 Americans. It ranked 5,826th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gourley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gourley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gourley getting more or less common?

More common. 5,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,934 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Gourley

A surname, carried by 5,934 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gourley is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

Scottish surname of uncertain origin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,934 people named Gourley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,030 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,867.

#5,826

rank among US surnames

5,934

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,456)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,823	Boardman	5,938	51,995
#5,824	Quiroga	5,937	52,004
#5,825	Deering	5,936	52,012
#5,826	Gourley	5,934	52,030

Who is named Gourley

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

95% of people named Gourley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gourley

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

Questions

Where does the surname Gourley come from?: Scottish surname of uncertain origin.
How common is the surname Gourley?: 5,934 people in the United States had the surname Gourley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,030 Americans. It ranked 5,826th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gourley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gourley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gourley getting more or less common?: More common. 5,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,934 in 2010, up 1.1%.