Guernsey Surname

128,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Guernsey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guernsey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3011:109,80311,981
Canada1321:279,13326,131
Israel821:104,36111,903
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5771:87,0349,029

Guernsey (34) may also be a first name.

Guernsey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Guernsey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Guernsey is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guernsey? popularity and diffusion

Guernsey is the 128,328th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,062,708 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Guernsey are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Guernsey is also the 1,775,424th most common forename on earth, held by 34 people.

The last name Guernsey is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,301 people, or 1 in 109,803. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Michigan, where 12 percent live, Indiana, where 10 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States Guernsey occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent live and Israel, where 2 percent live.

Guernsey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Guernsey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Guernsey last name expanded 572 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Guernsey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Guernsey surname are 14.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.49% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Guernsey earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.48% more than the national average, earning $45,946 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.75% more than the national average, earning $53,532 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Guernsey
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