How common is the surname Gurrola?

7,211 people in the United States had the surname Gurrola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,816 Americans. It ranked 4,883rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gurrola getting more or less common?

More common. 5,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,211 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Gurrola

A place surname, carried by 7,211 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gurrola is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Shortened form of the Spanish habitational surname Egurrola, of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.

Gurrola is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,211 people named Gurrola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,816 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,205.

#4,883

rank among US surnames

7,211

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+38.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,078)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,874	Rosenberger	7,228	42,715
#4,875	Michels	7,225	42,733
#4,876	Sturdivant	7,223	42,745
#4,877	Hammock	7,222	42,751
#4,878	Simone	7,221	42,757
#4,879	Walz	7,220	42,763
#4,880	Bussey	7,219	42,768

Who is named Gurrola

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

94% of people named Gurrola identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Two or more races 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Gurrola

Gurrola has the Soundex code G640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G640.

Questions

Where does the surname Gurrola come from?: Shortened form of the Spanish habitational surname Egurrola, of Basque origin. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
How common is the surname Gurrola?: 7,211 people in the United States had the surname Gurrola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,816 Americans. It ranked 4,883rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gurrola?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gurrola identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Gurrola?: Gurrola is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Gurrola getting more or less common?: More common. 5,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,211 in 2010, up 39%.