Guilfoyle Surname
Approximately 6,107 people bear this surname
Guilfoyle Surname Definition:
(Irish) The son of the servant or devotee of St. Paul.
Read More About This SurnameGuilfoyle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,625 | 1:138,080 | 14,418 |
| Ireland | 1,290 | 1:3,650 | 638 |
| England | 1,029 | 1:54,148 | 6,593 |
| Australia | 718 | 1:37,598 | 4,912 |
| Canada | 214 | 1:172,176 | 17,252 |
| Wales | 47 | 1:65,841 | 5,810 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:140,890 | 8,524 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Northern Ireland | 18 | 1:102,502 | 6,334 |
| Cayman Islands | 14 | 1:4,564 | 572 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 673 | 1:6,582 | 1,044 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 112 | 1:217,637 | 16,750 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 227 | 1:221,228 | 18,802 |
Guilfoyle (12) may also be a first name.
Guilfoyle Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Irish) The son of the servant or devotee of St. Paul.
User-submitted Reference
Translated into Irish the name reads: MacGiollaphoil or Ni-Giollaphoil for women. It means, 'Son of the servant of Saint Paul'.
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Guilfoyle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guilfoyle Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guilfoyle occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guilfoyle? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guilfoyle is the 79,841st most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,193,310 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Guilfoyle live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name in the world, held by 12 people.
Guilfoyle is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2,625 people, or 1 in 138,080. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 15 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in 36 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 21 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.
Guilfoyle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Guilfoyle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Guilfoyle last name increased 1,156 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 192 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it increased 919 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Guilfoyle Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (96%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Guilfoyle surname are 17.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.56% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Guilfoyle earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 178.63% more than the national average, earning R 662,136 per year; in United States they earn 14.81% more than the national average, earning $49,540 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.8% more than the national average, earning $57,534 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilffoyle | 95 | 1 | / |
| Guilfoyole | 95 | 1 | / |
| Guilfoyles | 95 | 0 | / |
| Guillfoyle | 95 | 0 | / |
| Gilfoyle | 94 | 706 | / |
| Guilfoyl | 94 | 1 | / |
| Guilfoile | 89 | 191 | / |
| Guilfolle | 89 | 3 | / |
| Guilfayle | 89 | 2 | / |
| Guilfoyld | 89 | 1 | / |
| Guylfoyle | 89 | 1 | / |
| Guelfoyle | 89 | 0 | / |
| Kuilfoyle | 89 | 0 | / |
| Gillfoyle | 89 | 0 | / |
| Gilfoyl | 88 | 0 | / |
| Guilfoil | 82 | 611 | / |
| Gilfoile | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gylfoyle | 82 | 1 | / |
| Guilfool | 82 | 0 | / |
| Gilfoyel | 82 | 0 | / |
| Gelfoyle | 82 | 0 | / |
| Gilfol | 80 | 0 | / |
| Guylfoile | 78 | 0 | / |
| Gillfoile | 78 | 0 | / |
| Gilfoil | 75 | 188 | / |
| Gilfoul | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gilfile | 75 | 0 | / |
| Gilfold | 75 | 0 | / |
| Gilfiley | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gilfiler | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gillfoil | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guelfoil | 71 | 0 | / |
| Guylfoil | 71 | 0 | / |
| Guilfall | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gilfoila | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gilfaul | 63 | 5 | / |
| Gilfaly | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gelfoil | 63 | 0 | / |
| Gilfail | 63 | 0 | / |
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