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The Guillory surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,161 people carried this name — #2,391 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 14,351 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Guillory surname

A surname from French, common among Louisiana Creoles.

Probably borrowed from French Guillory.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Guillory» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 429 people named Guillory.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Morbihan.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Morbihan 115
Seine-et-Marne 47
Ille-et-Vilaine 42
Charente-Maritime 41
Loire-Atlantique 38
Yvelines 32
Paris 29
Loiret 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Guillory in American newspapers,
1865–1873.

Newspaper page from New Orleans Tribune carrying the name Guillory
New Orleans Tribune 1865-08-17
Newspaper page from The Daily Phoenix carrying the name Guillory
The Daily Phoenix 1873-08-26
Newspaper page from Illinois Staats-zeitung carrying the name Guillory
Illinois Staats-zeitung 1873-09-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,841 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Guillory,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elbert Guillory
    Elbert Guillory 1944– · lawyer
  • Isaac Guillory
    Isaac Guillory 1947–2000 · musician
  • Sienna Guillory
    Sienna Guillory 1975– · actor
  • Jasmine Guillory
    Jasmine Guillory 1975– · novelist
  • Anthony "Tony" Guillory 1942–2021 · American football player
  • Curtis J. Guillory 1943– · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 35 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Guillory is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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