Gurney is used as a family name or surname in Normandy. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gurney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Normandy
Meaning: From the town of Gournay, in Normandy

How popular is Gurney?

Gurney is common in Canada.

Gurney is ranked 33113 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gurney bearers increased by 5.474368 per cent in 2010 US census to 4547 since 2000, the surname slipped by 187 spots and ranked at 7336. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.35 95.85
Hispanic or Latino 2.02 1.55
Black 1.41 0.74
Others 1.28 1.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2 0.19
Gurney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 15055 people have been found who wears Gurney as their family name. Gurney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
527,030 Indonesia7
95,557 Czech Republic6
5,217 Zambia2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
41,879 Turkey2
50,640 Switzerland2
21,529 Singapore2
18,625 Japan2
14,004 Hungary2
993 Guernsey2
19,093 Finland2
11,486 Estonia1
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
2,057 Isle of Man1
153,416 Italy1
971 Seychelles1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
6,688 Malawi1
897,276 Russia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
56,169 Mexico1
2,374 Bermuda1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
9,692 Ireland27
71,920 Spain22
28,338 Norway20
1,163 Jersey17
55,829 Zimbabwe16
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
104,308 France86
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Gurney:
7,365 South Africa877
2,536 Scotland269
2,873 New Zealand265
50,182 Germany202
2,488 Wales158
Countries with thousands of Gurney:
6,731 United States5,728
1,802 England4,420
1,891 Australia1,671
4,438 Canada1,013
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ann Gurney worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 27 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Waterloo and arrived on June 1, 1846. Surgeon John Gurney, Maid Bridget Gurney, Workman Thomas Gurney, Mrs Gurney, aged 45, 23 years old Daniel Gurney, Timothy Gurney (14) Immigrant, Benjamin Gurney, aged 8, 30 years old Mary Gurney, are others that migrated to US.

Gurney Namesakes

    Bobby Gurney, British footballer
  • Hudson Gurney, Writer
  • A. R. Gurney, Playwright
  • Joseph Gurney Bevan, Writer
  • William Brodie Gurney, Writer
  • Joseph Gurney Cannon, Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  • Edward Gurney, Former United States Senator
  • Samuel Gurney, Member of Parliament
  • John Henry Gurney Sr., Banker
  • Scott Gurney, Producer
  • Dan Gurney, Racing driver
  • In 2012 adventure flick, Mad Way South, Steve Gurney characterized Steve Gurney.

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