How common is the surname Gueye?

1,274 people in the United States had the surname Gueye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. It ranked 20,750th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gueye?

Mouhamadou Gueye, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Gueye most common?

Wikidata records people named Gueye in the United States.

Is the surname Gueye getting more or less common?

More common. 530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,274 in 2010, up 140%.

The surname Gueye

A surname, carried by 1,274 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gueye is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,274 people named Gueye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. That is up 140% since 2000, when the Census counted 530.

#20,750

rank among US surnames

1,274

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+140.4%

change since 2000 (was #39,111)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,750	Sanroman	1,274	242,343
#20,758	Pintado	1,273	242,534

Who is named Gueye

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

95% of people named Gueye identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Gueyes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mouhamadou Gueye
American basketball player, born 1998

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gueye

Gueye has the Soundex code G000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G000.

Questions

How common is the surname Gueye?: 1,274 people in the United States had the surname Gueye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. It ranked 20,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gueye?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gueye identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gueye?: Mouhamadou Gueye, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Gueye most common?: Wikidata records people named Gueye in the United States.
Is the surname Gueye getting more or less common?: More common. 530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,274 in 2010, up 140%.