Guilfoyle Surname

79,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Guilfoyle Surname Definition:

(Irish) The son of the servant or devotee of St. Paul.

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Guilfoyle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,6251:138,08014,418
Ireland1,2901:3,650638
England1,0291:54,1486,593
Australia7181:37,5984,912
Canada2141:172,17617,252
Wales471:65,8415,810
Scotland381:140,8908,524
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Northern Ireland181:102,5026,334
Cayman Islands141:4,564572
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland6731:6,5821,044
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1121:217,63716,750
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2271:221,22818,802

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.

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

User-submitted Reference

Translated into Irish the name reads: MacGiollaphoil or Ni-Giollaphoil for women. It means, 'Son of the servant of Saint Paul'.

- giller77

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.

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