Guild Surname

83,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,823 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Guild Surname Definition:

Alexander Gulde rendered to Exchequer the accounts of the bailies of Stirling, 1421 and 1425 (ER., IV, p. 370,398), Thomas Gulde and William Gulid, 'husbandis,' charter witnesses, 1481 (Panmure, II, 252), and Henry Guld is mentioned in a Scone document of 1491 (Scon, p.

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Guild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6461:99,41311,044
Scotland6241:8,5801,251
England4591:121,39012,264
Canada4081:90,3089,928
Australia2941:91,82210,515
New Zealand1931:23,4634,124
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Belize321:11,1091,381
Wales251:123,7819,267
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
India101:76,706,538639,611
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Panama41:978,06412,245
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
China31:455,773,85521,925
France31:22,140,907385,998
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland5991:6,249903
England541:451,39625,813
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4751:34,0474,076

Guild (132) may also be a first name.

Guild Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Alexander Gulde rendered to Exchequer the accounts of the bailies of Stirling, 1421 and 1425 (ER., IV, p. 370,398), Thomas Gulde and William Gulid, 'husbandis,' charter witnesses, 1481 (Panmure, II, 252), and Henry Guld is mentioned in a Scone document of 1491 (Scon, p. 198). Kath. Guld spouse of Alexander Boys of Panbryd, 1502 (RAA , II, 427), Thomas Guld, prebendary of Collegiate Church of Holy Trinity, Edinburgh, 1512 (Soltre, p. 167), may be Thomas Gulde, monk of Newbattle, 1521 (Neubotle, p. 284), and William Gwill was slain in Aberdeen, 1584 (SCM., II, p. 57). Nineteen persons of the name are recorded in the Commissariot Record of Dunblane in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Gwild 1581. Probably Goold is a variant. Macbain (v, p. 46) says the name is a curtailed form of guilder, i.e. member of & guild, but.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Scottish) A variant of Gold, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

May have been given to an active official in some ancient guild or brotherhood; but is more probably derived from the Danish guild or guld, gold, either with reference to the colour of the hair, or in the metaphorical sense referred to under Gold, at page 132.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Guild Last Name Facts

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

The last name Guild occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Guild? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 83,129th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,251,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Guild reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 807,735th most frequently held first name globally, held by 132 people.

The last name Guild is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,646 people, or 1 in 99,413. In The United States Guild is most prevalent in: California, where 13 percent live, Massachusetts, where 9 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 11 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.

Guild Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Guild has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Guild last name grew 247 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 104 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 850 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 85 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Guild Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (46%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Guild last name are 6.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.76% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Guild earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73% more than the national average, earning R 411,120 per year; in United States they earn 8.8% more than the national average, earning $46,944 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $51,189 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guilds91202/
Guilld910/
Guil892,767/
Gild89548/
Guill803,034/
Gildt80122/
Guisl8056/
Gilds8049/
Guilt8031/
Gield8027/
Guihl8010/
Kguil804/
Gildå803/
Quild802/
Gueld802/
Ghild801/
Guilp801/
Ggild801/
Gil75686,266/
Gld7513/
Høgild7376/
Guelld7323/
Gields7320/
Giglid732/
D'Guil731/
Gildss731/
Guiltt730/
Gill67281,260/
Guel6716,892/
Giel6712,729/
Geld67842/
Guul67647/
Ngil67299/
Gilt67227/
Gihl67124/
Ghil67121/
Gilh67100/
Gyld6717/
Gled6716/
Gilp6716/
Güld675/
Gisl674/
Gilì672/
Glld671/
Kgil671/
Ghld671/
Glûd671/
Gilė671/
Cgld671/
Ggld671/
Hgld671/

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