How common is the surname Guillory?

15,161 people in the United States had the surname Guillory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,364 Americans. It ranked 2,391st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Guillory?

Sienna Guillory, British actress, followed by Ben Guillory.

Where is the surname Guillory most common?

Wikidata records people named Guillory in the United Kingdom and the United States.

How do you pronounce Guillory?

Guillory is /ˈɡɪ.lə.ri/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Guillory getting more or less common?

More common. 14,351 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,161 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Guillory

A French surname, carried by 15,161 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɪ.lə.ri/ 3 syllables Soundex G460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guillory is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

Probably borrowed from French Guillory. See there for more.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 15,161 people named Guillory in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,364 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,351.

#2,391

rank among US surnames

15,161

people in 2010

5.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,308)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,382	Jack	15,256	20,238
#2,383	Pantoja	15,249	20,247
#2,384	Negrete	15,245	20,252
#2,385	Hearn	15,234	20,267
#2,387	Watt	15,211	20,298
#2,388	Roque	15,203	20,308
#2,389	Pyle	15,180	20,339

Who is named Guillory

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

48% of people named Guillory identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 48%
Black (not Hispanic) 45%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Guillorys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sienna Guillory
British actress, born 1975
Ben Guillory
American actor and director, born 1949

Notable Guillorys come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Guillory

Gilroy

Guillory has the Soundex code G460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G460.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Guillory come from?: Probably borrowed from French Guillory. See there for more.
How common is the surname Guillory?: 15,161 people in the United States had the surname Guillory in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,364 Americans. It ranked 2,391st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guillory?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Guillory identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Guillory?: Sienna Guillory, British actress, followed by Ben Guillory.
Where is the surname Guillory most common?: Wikidata records people named Guillory in the United Kingdom and the United States.
How do you pronounce Guillory?: Guillory is /ˈɡɪ.lə.ri/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Guillory getting more or less common?: More common. 14,351 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,161 in 2010, up 5.6%.