How common is the surname Gurney?

4,547 people in the United States had the surname Gurney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,901 Americans. It ranked 7,336th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gurney?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gurney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gurney?

Dan Gurney, American racing driver, constructor and team owner, followed by Ivor Gurney.

Where is the surname Gurney most common?

Wikidata records people named Gurney in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Gurney getting more or less common?

More common. 4,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,547 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Gurney

A surname, carried by 4,547 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gurney is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

English surname of Norman origin, from Gournay-en-Bray in Seine-Maritime, France. Sometimes also from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, for which see Garnsey.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,547 people named Gurney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,901 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,311.

#7,336

rank among US surnames

4,547

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,149)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,332	Yingling	4,550	67,856
#7,333	Devaney	4,549	67,871
#7,335	Delvecchio	4,548	67,886
#7,336	Gurney	4,547	67,901

Who is named Gurney

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

94% of people named Gurney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gurneys

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dan Gurney
American racing driver, constructor and team owner, 1931–2018
Ivor Gurney
British composer and poet, 1890–1937
James Gurney
American writer and artist, born 1958
Chan Gurney
American politician (1896–1985)
A. R. Gurney
American playwright and novelist (1930–2017)
Edward Gurney
American politician (1914–1996)
Alex Gurney
American racecar driver, born 1974

Notable Gurneys come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gurney

Gurney has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Questions

Where does the surname Gurney come from?: English surname of Norman origin, from Gournay-en-Bray in Seine-Maritime, France. Sometimes also from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, for which see Garnsey.
How common is the surname Gurney?: 4,547 people in the United States had the surname Gurney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,901 Americans. It ranked 7,336th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gurney?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gurney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gurney?: Dan Gurney, American racing driver, constructor and team owner, followed by Ivor Gurney.
Where is the surname Gurney most common?: Wikidata records people named Gurney in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Gurney getting more or less common?: More common. 4,311 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,547 in 2010, up 5.5%.