Guillou is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Guillou
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning:

Family name is the variant of Guillot. Diminutive of William.

The is form of Guilotte. Descendant of little William meaning "resolution, helmet".

The surname is variation of Gillot. Diminutive of William.

How popular is Guillou?

Guillou is common in France, United States, Canada, Thailand.

Guillou is ranked 25362 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Guillous grew by 13.33 per cent to 119 since 2000 and ranked 140157 after elevating 4751 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.67 84.76
Black 12.61 4.76
Others 4.2 5.71
Guillou is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 21275 people have been found who wears Guillou as their family name. Guillou is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Guillou:
224 France20,302
Countries with hundreds of Guillou:
116,344 United States205
24,674 Canada141
103,575 Thailand116
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,856 Australia47
59,571 England42
35,739 Belgium37
70,591 Argentina36
13,415 Chile33
539 Guernsey29
174,290 Brazil28
27,273 Switzerland23
163,016 Germany21
11,611 Singapore21
981 Jersey20
3,086 French Polynesia18
25,366 Finland15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,608 Spain10
1,259 Andorra10
54,497 Morocco9
12,579 Haiti9
118,213 Italy7
102,017 Sweden7
28,047 Scotland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

32 years old Fean Louis Guillou who was residing in France migrated to New York on July 25, 1892 by La Gascogne put out from Havre.

Guillou Namesakes

  • Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue
  • Jan Guillou, French-Swedish author and journalist
  • Teófilo José Jaime María Le Guillou, founder of the municipality of Vieques
  • Jean-Marc Guillou, French ex-footballer and current trainer
  • Fernand Guillou, French basketball player

Guillou Namesakes

  • Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue
  • Jan Guillou, French-Swedish author and journalist
  • Teófilo José Jaime María Le Guillou, founder of the municipality of Vieques
  • Jean-Marc Guillou, French ex-footballer and current trainer
  • Fernand Guillou, French basketball player

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