How common is the surname Guild?

2,810 people in the United States had the surname Guild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,874 Americans. It ranked 11,250th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Guild?

Nancy Guild, American actress (1925-1999), followed by Curtis Guild.

Where is the surname Guild most common?

Wikidata records people named Guild in the United States.

Is the surname Guild getting more or less common?

More common. 2,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,810 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Guild

A surname, carried by 2,810 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guild is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,810 people named Guild in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,874 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,771.

#11,250

rank among US surnames

2,810

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,611)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,241	Scoville	2,812	109,796
#11,248	Hemenway	2,811	109,835
#11,250	Stucker	2,810	109,874
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952

Who is named Guild

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

89% of people named Guild identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Guilds

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nancy Guild
American actress (1925-1999)
Curtis Guild
43rd Governor of Massachusetts (1860-1915)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guild

Guild has the Soundex code G430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G430.

Questions

How common is the surname Guild?: 2,810 people in the United States had the surname Guild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,874 Americans. It ranked 11,250th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guild?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Guild identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Guild?: Nancy Guild, American actress (1925-1999), followed by Curtis Guild.
Where is the surname Guild most common?: Wikidata records people named Guild in the United States.
Is the surname Guild getting more or less common?: More common. 2,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,810 in 2010, up 1.4%.