The surname Gilcrease
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,491 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G426
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Probably a variant of Gilchrist.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,491 people named Gilcrease in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,540.
Who is named Gilcrease
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Gilcrease identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 78%
- Black (not Hispanic) 15%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Gilcrease
Gilcrease has the Soundex code G426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G426.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Gilcrease come from?
- Probably a variant of Gilchrist.
- How common is the surname Gilcrease?
- 1,491 people in the United States had the surname Gilcrease in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,073 Americans. It ranked 18,511th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gilcrease?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Gilcrease identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Gilcrease getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,491 in 2010, down 3.2%.