How common is the surname Guilfoyle?

1,751 people in the United States had the surname Guilfoyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. It ranked 16,427th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Guilfoyle?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Guilfoyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Guilfoyle?

Paul Guilfoyle, American actor (born in 1949), followed by Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Where is the surname Guilfoyle most common?

Wikidata records people named Guilfoyle in the United States.

Is the surname Guilfoyle getting more or less common?

More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,751 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Guilfoyle

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,751 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G414

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guilfoyle is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Phóil (“son of St. Paul's follower”), from mac + giolla + Pól.

Guilfoyle is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,751 people named Guilfoyle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,615.

#16,427

rank among US surnames

1,751

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,411)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,420	Bardsley	1,752	176,225
#16,427	McGeorge	1,751	176,325

Who is named Guilfoyle

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

92% of people named Guilfoyle identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Guilfoyles

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Guilfoyle
American actor (born in 1949)
Kimberly Guilfoyle
American attorney and political campaign advisor (born 1969)
Paul Guilfoyle
American actor born in 1902

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Gilfoyle
Guilfoil

Surnames that sound like Guilfoyle

Guilbeault

Guilfoyle has the Soundex code G414, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G414.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Guilfoyle come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Phóil (“son of St. Paul's follower”), from mac + giolla + Pól.
How common is the surname Guilfoyle?: 1,751 people in the United States had the surname Guilfoyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,325 Americans. It ranked 16,427th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guilfoyle?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Guilfoyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Guilfoyle?: Paul Guilfoyle, American actor (born in 1949), followed by Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Where is the surname Guilfoyle most common?: Wikidata records people named Guilfoyle in the United States.
What type of surname is Guilfoyle?: Guilfoyle is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Guilfoyle getting more or less common?: More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,751 in 2010, up 8.4%.
What are other spellings of Guilfoyle?: Gilfoyle and Guilfoil.