Guinnessy Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Guinnessy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guinnessy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726

Guinnessy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guinnessy occurs most in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guinnessy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Guinnessy is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Guinnessy live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in British Isles.

Guinnessy is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 100 percent are found. Excluding England this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 23 percent are found.

Guinnessy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Guinnessy has changed over time. In Ireland the share of the population with the last name fell 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Guinnessy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guinnessey9525/
Ginnessy940/
Guinnessi8915/
Ginnesy880/
Guennessi781/
Gnessoy7513/
Ginnesi751/
Gennesy751/
Gennesse718/
Gennesis713/
Ngnessey711/
Gnesy711/
Gennessi711/
Ginnesai711/
Gnessi67282/
Gnessa6725/
Gnesse6720/
Gennesses674/
Gneses671/

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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 Guinnessy
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