How common is the surname Gullion?

1,758 people in the United States had the surname Gullion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. It ranked 16,376th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gullion?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gullion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gullion getting more or less common?

More common. 1,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,758 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Gullion

A surname, carried by 1,758 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G450

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

Origin

From the Irish surname, from Magullion or Mac Gullian; also Mac Gilleáin, derived from gile (“brightness”) or geal (“bright”), and giolla (“lad”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,758 people named Gullion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,628.

#16,376

rank among US surnames

1,758

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #16,293)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,370	Yutzy	1,759	175,523
#16,376	Kroger	1,758	175,623
#16,385	Trepanier	1,757	175,723

Who is named Gullion

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

94% of people named Gullion identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gullion

Gullion has the Soundex code G450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G450.

Questions

Where does the surname Gullion come from?: From the Irish surname, from Magullion or Mac Gullian; also Mac Gilleáin, derived from gile (“brightness”) or geal (“bright”), and giolla (“lad”).
How common is the surname Gullion?: 1,758 people in the United States had the surname Gullion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. It ranked 16,376th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gullion?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gullion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gullion getting more or less common?: More common. 1,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,758 in 2010, up 8.0%.