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The surname Gulledge

A German surname, carried by 3,810 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G432

Gulledge: #8,631 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gulledge #8,631, 3,810 people Gulledge: #8,631 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gulledge #8,631, 3,810 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gulledge is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gullich or Guhlich. It could also be a variant of the English surnames Colledge and Coolidge.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,810 people named Gulledge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,036 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,772.

#8,631
rank among US surnames
3,810
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+1%
change since 2000 (was #8,097)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,623Teller3,81480,951
#8,626Towner3,81380,972
#8,629Zalewski3,81280,993
#8,631Krishnan3,81081,036
#8,634Rankins3,80981,057
#8,635Waites3,80881,078

Who is named Gulledge

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

86% of people named Gulledge identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 86%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gulledge come from?
Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gullich or Guhlich. It could also be a variant of the English surnames Colledge and Coolidge.
How common is the surname Gulledge?
3,810 people in the United States had the surname Gulledge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,036 Americans. It ranked 8,631st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gulledge?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Gulledge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gulledge getting more or less common?
More common. 3,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,810 in 2010, up 1.0%.