Find out how popular the last name Guirguis is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Guirguis.

Guirguis, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Guirguis surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guirguis in America

Guirguis is the 22375th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guirguis surname appeared 1,151 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Guirguis.

We can also compare 2010 data for Guirguis to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Guirguis

The surname GUIRGUIS has its origins in the Coptic Christian community of Egypt, dating back to the early centuries of Christianity in the region. It is derived from the Coptic name "Girgis," which is itself a Coptic rendering of the Greek name "Georgios," meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker."

The name GUIRGUIS can be traced back to the 4th and 5th centuries CE, when the Coptic language and script were widely used among the Christian population of Egypt. Early records and manuscripts from this period, such as the Coptic manuscripts preserved in monasteries like the Monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula, may contain some of the earliest documented instances of this surname.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname GUIRGUIS was Saint Girgis al-Muqadis (Saint George the Martyr), a Christian martyr from the 3rd century CE, whose feast day is celebrated on May 7th in the Coptic Orthodox Church. His name, recorded in various Coptic manuscripts and hagiographies, is considered a source of inspiration for the GUIRGUIS surname.

In the Middle Ages, the GUIRGUIS surname was relatively common among Coptic Christians in Egypt, particularly in regions with significant Coptic populations, such as the Nile Delta and Upper Egypt. Some notable individuals from this period include Bishop Guirguis of Esna (11th century CE), a prominent Coptic cleric and scholar, and Guirguis al-Muqaddasi (12th century CE), a renowned Coptic writer and historian.

During the Ottoman period in Egypt (16th-19th centuries), the GUIRGUIS surname continued to be used among the Coptic community, and it is likely that some individuals with this surname were recorded in Ottoman tax registers or administrative documents from that time.

In more recent history, several notable individuals with the surname GUIRGUIS have made important contributions in various fields. These include Guirguis Mikhail (1892-1959), an Egyptian Copt and prominent journalist and writer; Guirguis Awad (1919-2008), an Egyptian Copt and renowned painter and sculptor; and Guirguis Salih (1929-2017), an Egyptian Copt and influential writer and critic.

Overall, the surname GUIRGUIS has a rich history deeply rooted in the Coptic Christian tradition of Egypt, stretching back to the earliest centuries of Christianity in the region and continuing to be a part of the Coptic community's cultural heritage to this day.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guirguis

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Guirguis.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Guirguis was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Guirguis has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Guirguis was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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