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The surname Gunnells

A surname, carried by 1,535 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G542

Gunnells: #18,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gunnells #18,137, 1,535 people Gunnells: #18,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gunnells #18,137, 1,535 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gunnells is more common than 88.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,535 people named Gunnells in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,137 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,347.

#18,137
rank among US surnames
1,535
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+14%
change since 2000 (was #18,802)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,128Stenzel1,536201,006
#18,137Hulin1,535201,137
#18,144McGirt1,534201,268

Who is named Gunnells

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

86% of people named Gunnells identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 86%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Two or more races 2.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gunnells

Gunnells has the Soundex code G542, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G542.

Questions

How common is the surname Gunnells?
1,535 people in the United States had the surname Gunnells in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,137 Americans. It ranked 18,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gunnells?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Gunnells identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Gunnells getting more or less common?
More common. 1,347 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,535 in 2010, up 14%.