How common is the surname Gildersleeve?

1,671 people in the United States had the surname Gildersleeve in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,767 Americans. It ranked 17,005th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gildersleeve?

Virginia Gildersleeve, American academic (1877-1965), followed by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve.

Where is the surname Gildersleeve most common?

Wikidata records people named Gildersleeve in the United States.

Is the surname Gildersleeve getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,671 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Gildersleeve

A surname, carried by 1,671 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gildersleeve is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,671 people named Gildersleeve in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,767 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,677.

#17,005

rank among US surnames

1,671

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,921)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,005	Kebede	1,671	184,767
#17,014	Arocha	1,670	184,878

Who is named Gildersleeve

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

81% of people named Gildersleeve identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gildersleeves

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Virginia Gildersleeve
American academic (1877-1965)
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
American classical philologist (1831–1924)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gildersleeve

Gilder

Gildersleeve has the Soundex code G436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G436.

Questions

How common is the surname Gildersleeve?: 1,671 people in the United States had the surname Gildersleeve in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,767 Americans. It ranked 17,005th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gildersleeve?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Gildersleeve identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gildersleeve?: Virginia Gildersleeve, American academic (1877-1965), followed by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve.
Where is the surname Gildersleeve most common?: Wikidata records people named Gildersleeve in the United States.
Is the surname Gildersleeve getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,671 in 2010, down 0.4%.