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    The surname Gunnell

    A surname, carried by 2,276 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G540

    Gunnell: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gunnell #13,383, 2,276 people Gunnell: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gunnell #13,383, 2,276 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gunnell is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,276 people named Gunnell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,055.

    #13,383
    rank among US surnames
    2,276
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,554)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712

    Who is named Gunnell

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

    90% of people named Gunnell identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gunnell?
    2,276 people in the United States had the surname Gunnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. It ranked 13,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gunnell?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Gunnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gunnell getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,276 in 2010, up 11%.