How common is the surname Gildea?

2,049 people in the United States had the surname Gildea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,681 Americans. It ranked 14,545th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gildea?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gildea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gildea getting more or less common?

More common. 2,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,049 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Gildea

An Irish occupational surname, carried by 2,049 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gildea is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhé (“son of the servant of God”), from giolla (“boy, lad; attendant”) and Dia (“God”).

Gildea is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,049 people named Gildea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,681 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,028.

#14,545

rank among US surnames

2,049

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #13,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,537	Wagnon	2,050	150,608
#14,545	Dolin	2,049	150,681
#14,549	Gammill	2,048	150,755

Who is named Gildea

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Gildea identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gildea

Gildea has the Soundex code G430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G430.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gildea come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhé (“son of the servant of God”), from giolla (“boy, lad; attendant”) and Dia (“God”).
How common is the surname Gildea?: 2,049 people in the United States had the surname Gildea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,681 Americans. It ranked 14,545th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gildea?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gildea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Gildea?: Gildea is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Gildea getting more or less common?: More common. 2,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,049 in 2010, up 1.0%.