How common is the surname Gull?

1,001 people in the United States had the surname Gull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gull?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Gull?

Robyn Maher, Australian basketball player (born 1959).

Where is the surname Gull most common?

Wikidata records people named Gull in Australia.

Is the surname Gull getting more or less common?

More common. 998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Gull

A surname, carried by 1,001 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gull is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,001 people named Gull in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 998.

#24,855

rank among US surnames

1,001

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,683)

Who is named Gull

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

89% of people named Gull identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gulls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robyn Maher
Australian basketball player (born 1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gull

Gull has the Soundex code G400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G400.

Questions

How common is the surname Gull?: 1,001 people in the United States had the surname Gull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,437 Americans. It ranked 24,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gull?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Gull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Gull?: Robyn Maher, Australian basketball player (born 1959).
Where is the surname Gull most common?: Wikidata records people named Gull in Australia.
Is the surname Gull getting more or less common?: More common. 998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,001 in 2010, up 0.3%.