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    The surname Gulliver

    A French nickname surname, carried by 866 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G416

    Gulliver: #27,756 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gulliver #27,756, 866 people Gulliver: #27,756 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gulliver #27,756, 866 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gulliver is more common than 82.9% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    English surname of Norman origin, nickname for a greedy person, from Old French goulafre (“glutton”), from goule (“mouth”).

    Gulliver is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    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 866 people named Gulliver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 356,519 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 818.

    #27,756
    rank among US surnames
    866
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #27,694)

    Who is named Gulliver

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

    81% of people named Gulliver identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gullivers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dorothy Gulliver
      American actress (1908-1997)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Gulliver

    Gulliver has the Soundex code G416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G416.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gulliver come from?
    English surname of Norman origin, nickname for a greedy person, from Old French goulafre (“glutton”), from goule (“mouth”).
    How common is the surname Gulliver?
    866 people in the United States had the surname Gulliver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 356,519 Americans. It ranked 27,756th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gulliver?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Gulliver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gulliver?
    Dorothy Gulliver, American actress (1908-1997).
    Where is the surname Gulliver most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gulliver in the United States.
    What type of surname is Gulliver?
    Gulliver is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Gulliver getting more or less common?
    More common. 818 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 866 in 2010, up 5.9%.
    What are other spellings of Gulliver?
    Gulliford.