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

LeGuillow, 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 LeGuillow surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of LeGuillow in America

LeGuillow is the 144141st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The LeGuillow surname appeared 115 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 LeGuillow.

The history of the last name LeGuillow

The surname LEGUILLOW originated in France during the late 16th century. It is believed to be derived from the Old French words "le" meaning "the" and "guillou" which was a nickname for Guillaume or William. This suggests the name may have originated as a descriptive surname referring to a person named Guillaume or a diminutive form of that name.

The earliest known records of the LEGUILLOW surname can be found in parish records and census documents from the Brittany region of northwestern France. Variants of the spelling include Leguillou, Leguillow, and Le Guillow. Some of the earliest examples include Jean Leguillou born in 1587 in Quimper, and Marie Leguillow born in 1602 in Rennes.

In 1642, a record exists of a Pierre LEGUILLOW who was a merchant in the city of Nantes. This indicates the name had spread from its origins in Brittany to other parts of France by the mid-17th century. Another early notable bearer of the name was Jacques LEGUILLOW, a soldier who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and was born in 1768 in Brest.

As the name spread more widely throughout France in the 18th and 19th centuries, it also began appearing in records from other French-speaking regions of Europe. For example, Jean-Baptiste LEGUILLOW was a vintner born in 1814 in the village of Avigny in what is now Luxembourg. His descendants later emigrated to the United States in the late 19th century.

Other notable people with the LEGUILLOW surname include Yves LEGUILLOW (1892-1977), a French artist known for his landscape paintings of Brittany. Gilles LEGUILLOW (1918-2001) was a poet and writer from Normandy. And Jeanne LEGUILLOW (1905-1988) was one of the first female professors at the University of Rennes.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name LeGuillow

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

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 LeGuillow 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.

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 LeGuillow was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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