Explore the Family Name Gulyas

The meaning of Gulyas

Hungarian (Gulyás): occupational name for a herdsman, from gulyás, a derivative of gulya ‘cattle’. This surname is also found in Slovakia, where it is also spelled Gulyáš. Some characteristic forenames: Hungarian Laszlo, Imre, Akos, Attila, Gabor, Miklos.

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How common is the last name Gulyas in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Gulyas saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Gulyas was ranked 40,690th in popularity but fell to 42,579th by 2010, signaling a 4.64% decline. However, the actual count of people with this surname increased marginally from 506 in 2000 to 509 in 2010, an increase of roughly 0.59%. The proportion of people named Gulyas per 100k people also decreased by 10.53% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,690	#42,579	-4.64%
Count	506	509	0.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gulyas

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that the majority of individuals with the surname Gulyas identify as White, although this proportion slightly decreased from 95.26% in 2000 to 94.30% in 2010. There was no recorded change for Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or those identifying as two or more ethnicities. The proportion identifying as Hispanic showed the most significant increase, rising from 2.77% in 2000 to 3.54% in 2010, marking a 27.80% growth. Interestingly, there were no individuals identifying as Black with this surname in 2000, but by 2010, they accounted for 1.38% of the Gulyas population.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.26%	94.3%	-1.01%
Hispanic	2.77%	3.54%	27.8%
Black	0%	1.38%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%